Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Oct 2019
Review Meta AnalysisPredictors of gastrointestinal bleeding in adult ICU patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
To systematically identify predictors of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in adult intensive care unit (ICU) patients. ⋯ We identified predictors of CIB and overt GI bleeding in adult ICU patients. These findings may be used to identify ICU patients at higher risk of GI bleeding who are most likely to benefit from stress ulcer prophylaxis.