Practice Patterns of Medications for Patients With Malignant Bowel Obstruction Using a Nationwide Claims Database and the Association Between Treatment Outcomes and Concomitant Use of H2-Blockers/Proton Pump Inhibitors and Corticosteroids With Octreotide

Octreotide alone was used in the majority of patients, and the concomitant use of corticosteroids was more likely to be associated with early NGT removal.