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Upper gastrointestinal bleed

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Therapy

There is no clear benefit from giving proton-pump inhibitors d or H2 antagonists d to all patients 

Why?

  • There is no clear reduction in recurrent bleeding, need for surgery or death d

Expiry date: July 2003
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Author   A   Townsend , CM   Ball
Reviewer   L   Friedman
CAT Writers   A   Townsend , CM   Ball , CJ   Wotton