Orthopaedic patients and the risk for peptic ulcer disease (PUD)
Not all orthopaedic patients will develop peptic ulcer disease (PUD). However, the stresses, anxiety, and altered lifestyle that often accompany orthopaedic injury, surgery, or treatment increase the risk of developing or exacerbating PUD. Health care professionals who are knowledgeable about PUD an...
| Publicado en: | Orthopaedic Nursing Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 70 - 75 |
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| Formato: | tables/charts Journal Article |
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Jan/Feb2002
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| Sumario: | Not all orthopaedic patients will develop peptic ulcer disease (PUD). However, the stresses, anxiety, and altered lifestyle that often accompany orthopaedic injury, surgery, or treatment increase the risk of developing or exacerbating PUD. Health care professionals who are knowledgeable about PUD and alert to the possibility that their orthopaedic patients may develop PUD or experience an increase in PUD pain are a major first-line defense against this painful complication. This article briefly reviews the epidemiology and pathophysiology of peptic ulcer disease. A description of some of the known causes of PUD will help identify those factors that could relate to a wide variety of orthopaedic patients. Examples of a variety of pharmacologic treatment approaches for PUD are also explored, with cautions and drug/drug interactions identified. |
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