Open AccessThe Risk of Pneumonia in Older Adults Using Nonbenzodiazepine Hypnotics
Author(s) -
Stephen P. Jung,
Michele M. Spence,
Nina M. Escasa,
Eric A. Lee,
Rita L. Hui,
Nancy E Gibbs
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of managed care and specialty pharmacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.126
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 2376-1032
pISSN - 2376-0540
DOI - 10.18553/jmcp.2016.22.8.932
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , hypnotic , logistic regression , conditional logistic regression , case control study , retrospective cohort study , pneumonia severity index , risk factor , community acquired pneumonia , anesthesia
Previous studies have shown an increased risk of pneumonia with benzodiazepines (BZD) and an increased risk of any infection with non-BZD hypnotics, but no analysis has specifically investigated the risk of pneumonia with non-BZD hypnotic use.
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