NSAID-related gastrointestinal injury. Evidence-based approach to a preventable complication.

M. B. Fennerty

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Abstract

NSAID-induced gastrointestinal mucosal injury and its subsequent complications are a tremendously important clinical problem. Effective prophylactic and treatment strategies involve proton pump inhibitors, misoprostol, or selective COX-2 inhibitors. These agents are capable of dramatically decreasing or eliminating the risk of mucosal injury as well as the morbidity and mortality for this disorder. Identification of the at-risk patient and initiation of appropriate preventive therapy are the keys to minimizing the societal burden of this disease process.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)87-88, 91-94
JournalPostgraduate medicine
Volume110
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Medicine

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