Adequacy of stress ulcer prophylaxis prescription in the intensive care unit: an observational study.

Purpose: Stress ulcer prophylaxis prescriptions might not be sufficiently challenged throughout a patient's stay in an intensive care unit (ICU) and might be erroneously maintained after ICU discharge. This study aimed to determine (1) stress ulcer prophylaxis adequacy in ICU and (2) the proportion of patients receiving inappropriate stress ulcer prophylaxis after ICU discharge.

Material And Methods: This was an observational, single centre study (University Hospital Lausanne, Switzerland).