The use of benzodiazepines could be a protective factor for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in ≤60-year-old subjects

Thorax

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 964-965

  Almirall, Jordi ^a   Serra Prat, Mateu ^b   Baron, Francisco ^a   Palomera, Elisabet ^b   Bolíbar, Ignasi ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE MATARÓ   (Spain)

^b Research Unit   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMORBIDITY; DRUG EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; REM SLEEP; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DRUG REACTIONS; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY INFECTION;

BENZODIAZEPINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84884590022     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-203634     Document Type: Letter

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