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Educational intervention can improve appropriateness of acid suppression therapy in hospitalized geriatric patients

Background: Inappropriate use of acid suppression (AST) therapy may lead to unnecessary harms, especially in the geriatric population. Despite this, AST remains one of the most commonly prescribed medications in the hospital. Therefore, we aimed to assess its prevalence and create educational interv...

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Autores principales: Dwivedi, Sankalp, Edukulla, Jaya, Rajendra, Sindhu, Murali, Sandesh, Sorser, Serge A., Piper, Marc S., Piper, Michael, Warren, Bradley J., Ramchandani, Harsha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6374937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30788067
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2019.1571881