Optimize PPI Dosing for Nonvariceal Upper GI Bleeds
January 2020
You'll get questions about using proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) for NONvariceal upper GI bleeding...due to updated guidelines.
Continue to generally start a PPI before endoscopy for a suspected upper GI bleed. This won't decrease rebleeding risk...but it may lead to fewer interventions during endoscopy.
Guidelines continue to advise using a PPI infusion. But consider using 40 mg IV every 12 hours instead. Mounting evidence suggests intermittent doses seem to work as well as an 8 mg/hr drip.
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