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Prevention of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in critical illness

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  1. Department of Intensive Care, Holbæk Hospital, Holbæk, Denmark

    Mette Krag

  2. Department of Intensive Care, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Morten Hylander Møller

  3. Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Mette Krag

  4. Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Waleed Alhazzani

  5. Department of Critical Care, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Waleed Alhazzani

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MHM and MK sponsored and coordinated the SUP-ICU trial (NCT02467621). WA was the primary investigator of the REVISE Pilot trial (NCT02290327) and a co-investigator on the REVISE Trial (NCT03374800).

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Krag, M., Alhazzani, W. & Møller, M.H. Prevention of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in critical illness. Intensive Care Med 49, 334–336 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-022-06959-9

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