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    Society of Critical Care Medicine and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists guideline for the prevention of stress-related gastrointestinal bleeding in critically Ill adults

    Crit. care med; 52 (8), 2024
    Critically ill adults can develop stress-related mucosal damage from gastrointestinal hypoperfusion and reperfusion injury, predisposing them to clinically important stress-related upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB). The objective of this guideline was to develop evidence-based recommendations for th...

    Canadian Association of Gastroenterology (CAG) position statement on the use of hyoscine-n-butylbromide (Buscopan) during gastrointestinal endoscopy

    Hyoscine butylbromide, also known as hyoscyamine or scopolamine, and sold under the trade name Buscopan, is an antimuscarinic agent commonly used to induce smooth muscle relaxation and reduce spasmodic activity of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract during endoscopic procedures. However, the balance between ...

    ACG clinical guideline: upper gastrointestinal and ulcer bleeding

    We performed systematic reviews addressing predefined clinical questions to develop recommendations with the GRADE approach regarding management of patients with overt upper gastrointestinal bleeding. We suggest risk assessment in the emergency department to identify very-low-risk patients (e.g., Glasgow...