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Table 1 Characteristics of the included studies

From: Stress ulcer prophylaxis in intensive care unit patients receiving enteral nutrition: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study/year

Sample size (I/C)

Setting

Prophylaxis drugs

Comparator

Patient characteristics (I/C)

Age, mean, (years)

Disease severity, median (IQR) or mean (SD)

Patient receiving EN, n/N (%)

MV (%)

Follow up (months)

Alhazzani et al. 2017 [18]

49/42

Mixed

Pantoprazole 40 mg once daily IV

Placebo

62/55

APACHE II score

21 (17–26)/22(14–27)

81/91 (89)

100/100

Unknown

El-Kersh et al. 2017 [29]

55/47

MICU

Pantoprazole 40 mg once daily IV

Placebo

62/58

SAPS II score

41 (34.5–53)/44 (34–54)

102/102 (100)

100/100

Unknown

Selvanderan et al. 2016 [27]

106/108

Mixed

Pantoprazole 40 mg once daily IV

Placebo

52/52

APACHE III score

66 (26)/66 (28)

214/214 (100)

100/100

12

Lin et al. 2016 [28]

60/60

Mixed

Lansoprazole OD 30 mg once daily

No prophylaxis

67/65

APACHE II score

21.3 (6.7)/19.9 (6.9)

120/120 (100)

100/100

1

Ben-menachem et al. 1994 [22]

200/100

MICU

Cimetidine 900 mg Infusion

Sucralfate OD 1 g every 6 h

No prophylaxis

60/60

APACHE II score

17.4 (7.3)/16.5 (6.9)

198/300 (67)

74/65

10

Apte et al. 1992 [21]

16/18

MICU

Ranitidine 50 mg/every 6 h IV

No prophylaxis

27/26

MTS score

11 (4–16)/10 (6–16)

34/34 (100)

31/22

Unknown

Van den Berg et al. 1985 [23]

14/14

Mixed

Cimetidine 20 mg/kg/every 24 h IV

Placebo

44/48

-

17/28 (61)

100/100

Unknown

  1. APACHE II acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II, EN enteral nutrition, IQR interquartile range, I/C intervention/control, IV intravenous, MTS maximum tetanus severity score, MICU medical intensive care unit, Mixed medical-surgical intensive care unit, MV mechanical ventilation, OD once daily, SAPS II simplified acute physiologic score II, SD standard deviation