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Fig. 2 | Critical Care

Fig. 2

From: Efficacy and safety of proton pump inhibitors for stress ulcer prophylaxis in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials

Fig. 2

Clinically important gastrointestinal bleeding. Data from 14 trials (n = 1679 patients) are included, analyzed using the random effects model. Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) were associated with a significantly lower risk of clinically important bleeding compared to histamine-2-receptor antagonists (H2RAs). IV Inverse Variance

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