What is it about?
PPIs are very commonly used or should i say misused in both the primary and secondary care settings. This is not always beneficial to the patients.
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Why is it important?
This is detrimental to 1: The patients in terms of side effects such as osteoporosis, interaction with anti-platelet medications and diarrohea. 2: The Health care systems due to rise in (mostly unjustified) cost of managing patients. Our paper sheds light on this important fact.
Perspectives
Our paper sheds light on the above mentioned important facts. Its important to understand the implications of over prescription of PPIs. This should help a great deal in improving quality of care for the patients.
Dr Syed Khurram Mushtaq Gardezi
University of Oxford
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This page is a summary of: Inappropriate use of proton pump inhibitors among medical inpatients: a questionnaire-based observational study, JRSM Short Reports, July 2013, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/2042533313497183.
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