The association between inhaled corticosteroid and pneumonia in COPD patients: the improvement of patients’ life quality with COPD in Taiwan (IMPACT) study

To investigate the association between inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) exposure patterns and the risk of pneumonia in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients, we performed a nested case-control study. Between 1998 and 2010, 51,739 patients, including 19,838 cases of pneumonia, were matche...

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Autores principales: Wang, Cheng-Yi, Lai, Chih-Cheng, Yang, Wei-Chih, Lin, Chia-Chieh, Chen, Likwang, Wang, Hao-Chien, Yu, Chong-Jen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5108503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27877031
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S116750

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