Antibiotic in non-variceal upper gastrointestinal bleeds

Report By: Anna Morgan - ST5 Emergency Medicine
Institution: Royal Free Hospital
Date Submitted: 1st May 2011
Last Modified: 1st May 2011
Status: Red (incomplete)

Three Part Question

[In adult patients with acute non variceal upper GI bleeding] is [the use of antibiotic prophylaxis] indicated to [improve survival, transfusion requirements, hospitalisation length and rebleeding rates]