Use of ranitidine is associated with infections in newborns hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care unit: a cohort study

BACKGROUND: The inhibition of gastric acid secretion with ranitidine is frequently prescribed off-label to newborns admitted to neonatal intensive care units (NICU). Some studies show that the use of inhibitors of gastric acid secretion (IGAS) may predispose to infections and necrotising enterocolit...

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Autores principales: Santana, Ruth N. S., Santos, Victor S., Ribeiro-Júnior, Ruy F., Freire, Marina S., Menezes, Maria A. S., Cipolotti, Rosana, Gurgel, Ricardo Q.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5450121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28558748
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2482-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5450121/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28558748
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-017-2482-x

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