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Should erythromycin be administered before endoscopy for acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage?

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boxed-textWinstead NS and Wilcox CM (2007) Erythromycin prior to endoscopy for acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 26: 1371–1377

Routine administration of erythromycin before EGD in patients with acute UGIH cannot be recommended; however, selected patients who are at risk of having a lot of residual blood clots in the gastric cavity might benefit from this strategy

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