A review of stress ulcer prophylaxis in the neurosurgical intensive care unit

STRESS ULCERS OCCUR frequently in intensive care unit patients who have intracranial disease. After major physiological stress, endoscopic evidence of mucosal lesions of the gastrointestinal tract appears within 24 hours of injury; 17% of these erosions progress to clinically significant bleeding. G...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Neurosurgery 1997-08, Vol.41 (2), p.416-426
Hauptverfasser:	Lu, W Y, Rhoney, D H, Boling, W B, Johnson, J D, Smith, T C
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Brain Injuries - complications Humans Intensive Care Units Neurosurgery - methods Risk Factors Spinal Cord Injuries - complications Stress, Physiological - complications Ulcer - etiology Ulcer - physiopathology Ulcer - prevention & control
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