Antiepileptic Drug Use Is Associated with an Increased Risk of Pneumonia Among Community-Dwelling Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease-Matched Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) have sedative properties which may lead to an increased risk of pneumonia. OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether incident AED use is associated with an increased risk of pneumonia among community-dwelling persons with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In addition, we dete...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Taipale, Heidi, Lampela, Pasi, Koponen, Marjaana, Tanskanen, Antti, Tiihonen, Jari, Hartikainen, Sirpa, Tolppanen, Anna-Maija
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: IOS Press 2019
Materias:
Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6484268/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30775987
http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-180912

Ejemplares similares

Ejemplares similares