The Annals of Family Medicine • Vol 20 • No 1
Barriers to Guideline-Based Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors to Prevent Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding
January 2022 • Jacob E. Kurlander, Danielle Helminski, Alex N. Kokaly, Caroline R. Richardson, Raymond De Vries, Sameer D. Saini, Sarah L. Krein
Major barriers to PPI gastroprotection relate to knowledge, decision processes, and professional role, which operate differentially across specialties. Multicomponent interventions will likely be necessary to improve guideline-based use of PPIs to prevent upper GI bleeding.<b>VISUAL ABSTRACT</b>.