A Successful Pharmacist-Based Quality Initiative to Reduce Inappropriate Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis Use in an Academic Medical Intensive Care Unit

• Main Authors: Umair Masood MD (Author), Anuj Sharma MD (Author), Zabeer Bhatti MD (Author), Jessica Carroll BSc (Author), Amit Bhardwaj MD (Author), Devamohan Sivalingam MD (Author), Amit S. Dhamoon MD, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Stress ulcer prophylaxis (SUP) is often inappropriately utilized, particularly in critically ill patients. The objective of this study is to find an effective way of reducing inappropriate SUP use in an academic medical intensive care unit (ICU). Medical ICU patients receiving SUP were identified ov...