Population-based cohort study on the risk of pneumonia in patients with non-traumatic intracranial haemorrhage who use proton pump inhibitors.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This nationwide cohort study investigated the association between proton pump inhibitor (PPI) usage and the risk of pneumonia in patients with non-traumatic intracranial haemorrhage (ICH).

Design

Nationwide population-based cohort study.

Setting

Longitudinal Health Insurance Database 2010 (LHID2010) sampled from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database.

Participants

4644 patients with non-traumatic ICH from 2010 to 2011 were identified. Patients aged <18 years and newly diagnosed with non-traumatic ICH complicated with pneumonia during the same admission period were excluded. A total of 2170 participants were eligible for the final analysis.

Main outcome measure

Patients using PPIs or not during the study period were tracked to i

SUBMITTER: Ho SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4244437 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature