Do you consider holding PPIs in patients hospitalized with infections like pneumonia or C diff colitis?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
My practice is to try to get patients off PPIs if at all possible, and the hospital can be a good time to have that conversation with them. This is assuming no active indication for them (recent ulcer/upper GI bleed, H.pylori therapy, etc.)
Use of PPIs has been associated with a higher incidence of...