Prévention des hémorragies digestives hautes de stress en réanimation Révision de la conférence de consensus de 1988

Experts designated by the Société de réanimation de langue française had to audit the 1988 French consensus about upper gastrointestinal bleeding in critically ill patients. In the last decades the incidence of this nosocomial complication has dramatically decreased. A high-risk population has to be defined. H2 antagonists and sucralfate seemed to be more effective than antacids and prostaglandins. Proton pump inhibitors and enteral nutrition could be alternative prophylaxis. The cost-effectiveness ratio wasn't completely defined but implantation of clinical guidelines may reduce costs and limit such treatment for high-risk patients.