Pantoprazole bolus and stop the infusion for GI Bleed
Pantoprazole bolus and stop the infusion for GI Bleed, a guest post by Mark Culver, PharmD, BCPS (@EMdruggist). A common controversy of late has been whether lower doses of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) can be used in the high-risk upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB) patient after endoscopy instead of the standard high-dose PPI bolus, followed by a 72-hour continuous infusion. The continuous infusion use stems from guidelines formed after an international consensus conference on nonvariceal UGIB [...]