Postoperative pneumonia in elderly patients receiving acid suppressants: A retrospective cohort analysis

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7762, 2010, Pages 32-

  Redelmeier, Donald A ^a,b,c   McAlister, Finlay A ^d   Kandel, Christopher E ^a   Lu, Hong ^c   Daneman, Nick ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; CIMETIDINE; FAMOTIDINE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; MISOPROSTOL; NIZATIDINE; OMEPRAZOLE; PANTOPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RABEPRAZOLE; RANITIDINE; SUCRALFATE; ANTACID AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH ACID; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; ANTACIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OMEPRAZOLE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RANITIDINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 77956086338     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c2608     Document Type: Article

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