Antipsychotic drug use and community-acquired pneumonia

Current Infectious Disease Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 262-268

  Trifirò, Gianluca ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b IRCCS CENTRO NEUROLESI BONINO PULEJO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aged; Antipsychotic agents; Aspiration pneumonia; Atypical antipsychotics; Butyrophenones; Drug toxicity; Phenothiazines; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BUTYROPHENONE; CLOZAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; DYSPHAGIA; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79956196565     PISSN: 15233847     EISSN: 15343146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11908-011-0175-y     Document Type: Article

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