A young adult patient is hospitalized with massive abdominal trauma from a motor vehicle crash. The patient asks the nurse about the purpose of receiving famotidine (Pepcid). The nurse will explain that the medication will

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Famotidine is administered to prevent the development of physiologic stress ulcers,which are associated with a major physiologic insult such as massive trauma. Famotidine does not decrease nausea or vomiting,prevent aspiration,or prevent Helicobacter pylori infection.

A Young Adult Patient Is Hospitalized with Massive Abdominal Trauma