Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Jan 2014
Review Meta AnalysisStress ulcer prophylaxis versus placebo or no prophylaxis in critically ill patients : A systematic review of randomised clinical trials with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis.
To assess the effects of stress ulcer prophylaxis (SUP) versus placebo or no prophylaxis on all-cause mortality, gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding and hospital-acquired pneumonia in adult critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). ⋯ This systematic review using meta-analysis and TSA demonstrated that both the quality and the quantity of evidence supporting the use of SUP in adult ICU patients is low. Consequently, large randomised clinical trials are warranted.
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Intensive care medicine · Jan 2014
Retraction Of PublicationRetraction Note: Volume therapy in the critically ill: is there a difference?