Therapy with gastric acidity inhibitors increases the risk of acute gastroenteritis and community-acquired pneumonia in children

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Canani, Roberto Berni ^a   Cirillo, Pia ^a   Roggero, Paola ^b   Romano, Claudio ^c   Malamisura, Basilio ^d   Terrin, Gianluca ^a   Passariello, Annalisa ^a   Manguso, Francesco ^a   Morelli, Lorenzo ^e   Guarino, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d Cava dei Tirreni Hospital   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Histamine 2 receptor antagonists; Infections; Pneumonia; Proton pump inhibitors

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; OMEPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RANITIDINE; ANTIULCER AGENT; PROTON PUMP;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD ALLERGY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART DISEASE; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH MOTILITY; VOMITING; ACHLORHYDRIA; ACUTE DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; GASTROENTERITIS; INFANT; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

ACHLORHYDRIA; ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HISTAMINE H2 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; INFANT; OMEPRAZOLE; PNEUMONIA; PROTON PUMPS; RANITIDINE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646827451     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1655     Document Type: Article

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