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High-dose or low-dose omeprazole after endoscopic hemostasis in patients with peptic ulcer bleeding?

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boxed-textLin HJ et al. (2006) Role of intravenous omeprazole in patients with high-risk peptic ulcer bleeding after successful endoscopic epinephrine injection: a prospective randomized comparative trial. Am J Gastroenterol 101: 500–505

High-dose PPI therapy should be given to all patients with peptic ulcer bleeding who have undergone endoscopic hemostasis

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Lau, J. High-dose or low-dose omeprazole after endoscopic hemostasis in patients with peptic ulcer bleeding?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 3, 538–539 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0578

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