Many critical care patients require intravenously ad ministered H2-receptor antagonists to reduce the acidity of gastric acid secretions and prevent the incidence of stress-related mucosal damage. These patients are often already hemodynamically compromised or unstable. The use of an H2-receptor antagonist that further com promises the cardiovascular status of these critically ill patients could prove detrimental.
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