Use of acid-suppressive drugs associated with risk of hospital-acquired pneumonia

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 - 05:35 in Health & Medicine

Hospitalised patients who receive acid-suppressive medications such as a proton-pump inhibitor have a 30 percent increased odds of developing pneumonia while in the hospital, according to a study in the 27 May issue of JAMA...

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