bell notificationshomepageloginNewPostedit profiledmBox

Hoots : GI bleeds in IV vs Oral steroids Is there any evidence of the risk of GI bleeding when comparing IV vs Oral steroids e.g. hydrocortisone Vs Prednisone Vs dexamethasone. The only information I can find is the following picture - freshhoot.com

10% popularity   0 Reactions

GI bleeds in IV vs Oral steroids
Is there any evidence of the risk of GI bleeding when comparing IV vs Oral steroids e.g. hydrocortisone Vs Prednisone Vs dexamethasone. The only information I can find is the following picture from this article: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6343871
There appears no comments on this in this article: bmjopen.bmj.com/content/4/5/e004587

Load Full (1)

Login to follow hoots

Login to post a comment!

1 Comments

Sorted by latest first Latest Oldest Best

10% popularity   0 Reactions

There are no randomized controlled trials I am aware of. Pubmed yields nothing. Thinking physiologically, it's likely the same risk. PPI in high risk patient regardless of steroid form.

Back to top Use Dark theme