From: Reduction in gastrointestinal bleeding by development and implementation of a protocol for stress ulcer prophylaxis: a before-after study
Before implementation of the protocol (N = 211)
After implementation of the protocol (N = 238)
P value
Clinically important bleeding
9
(4.3 %)
2
(0.8 %)
0.019
Mortality in ICU
19
(9.0 %)
22
(9.2 %)
0.930
ICU stay (days)a
5.0
(2–59)
4.0
(2–49)
0.195