Clinical Study

Inappropriate Use of Gastric Acid Suppression Therapy in Hospitalized Patients with Clostridium difficile—Associated Diarrhea: A Ten-Year Retrospective Analysis

Figure 1

Chart review algorithm for CDAD case selection. ICD: International Classification of Diseases; CDAD: Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea; GAST: gastric acid suppression therapy; PPI: proton pump inhibitor; H2A: histamine-2 receptor antagonist. Note: number in parenthesis indicates percentage of cases.
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