[Gastric protection against non-steroidal and steroidal antiinflammatory agents in internal medicine specialties: survey on prescription trends among hospital internal medicine physicians (Gardenia Project)].
Hospital physicians employed in 37 departments of medicine in the Regions of Campania and Molise were asked to reply to a questionnaire aimed at evaluating, among their inpatients, the real extent of gastrointestinal side effects caused by nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and steroids, and to point out which gastroprotective drugs they thought were preferable in various clinical situations. In this way, a study group of internists has gathered information about the outlook of internists towards gastroprotection; they have also calculated the pharmacoeconomic burden of these measures.
Scarpato
Salvatore
S
scarpasa@tin.it
Acampora
Rosa
R
Corsaro
Santi
S
De Riso
Luigi
L
De Silva
Simone
S
La Palombara
Francesco
F
Lupoli
Salvatore
S
Russo
Romualdo
R
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011307:Drug Prescriptions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine; D007558:Italy; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital; D013256:Steroids; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000517:prevention & control*
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D000894:Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; D013256:Steroids