Gastroenterology

General Primary Care

Questions discussed in this category

What adjunctive therapies beyond an antisecretory agent (e.g., PPI, H2RA, etc.) do you find most helpful in managing the acute symptoms of PUD?

For example, do you routinely supplement with calcium carbonate, magnesium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide, simethicone, sucralfate, etc.?

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How do you determine whether to limit volume removal during therapeutic paracentesis in a patient without acute or chronic kidney disease?

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What is your approach to secondary prophylaxis for C difficile infection during concomitant antibiotic use in a patient with a history of C difficile infection?

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Papers discussed in this category

Microbes and infection, 2024 May 06

Secondary prophylaxis for Clostridioides difficile infection for patients on non-C. difficile antibiotics: a retrospective cohort study.

The American journal of medicine, 1991 Aug 08

Treatment of peptic ulcer disease with sucralfate: a review.

Gut, 1990 Jul

Sucralfate in the treatment and prevention of gastric ulcer: multicentre double blind placebo controlled study.

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