Clinical and pharmacological characteristics of elderly patients admitted for bleeding: impact on in-hospital mortality.

CONCLUSIONS: The most frequent type of major haemorrhage was GI bleeding, which was not modified by the use of PPI in patients taking aspirin. Cerebral bleeding increased all-cause death, which was lower in ACE inhibitors/ARBs users. Key messagesGastrointestinal (GI) bleeding was the most common reason for hospital admissionThe rate of GI bleeding was similar in patients on aspirin using or not PPI.Cerebral bleeding increased in-hospital mortality, which was lower in patients taking ACE inhibitors/ARBs. PMID: 32795156 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Annals of Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Ann Med Source Type: research