Oral or intravenous proton pump inhibitor in patients with peptic ulcer bleeding after successful endoscopic epinephrine injection

WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ABOUT THIS SUBJECT? • Endoscopic therapy significantly reduces recurrent bleeding, surgery and mortality in patients with bleeding peptic ulcers. • Intravenous (i.v.) proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) have been found to be effective as adjuvant pharmacotherapy in preventing rebleed...

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