Pneumonia is a leading cause of death for infants in poor countries, and a 2008 study showed that the fine particles and toxic gases in cooking smoke inflame their lungs, doubling the pneumonia risk.
The higher the dose, the greater the pneumonia risk, his team reported in the Oct. 27 Journal of the American Medical Association.
AstraZeneca says that it has not found any evidence of pneumonia risk in studies it has conducted in more than 100,000 patients who were taking its drugs, Prilosec and Nexium.
The use of antipsychotic agents has been associated with increased pneumonia risk, but although people with dementia are particularly susceptible to pneumonia, only one small study has assessed the risk of pneumonia in relation to the use of antipsychotic agents among people with Alzheimer disease (AD).
The ongoing Lung VITAL study is taking advantage of a large clinical trial the VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL (VITAL)—to conduct the first major evaluation of the influences of vitamin D and marine omega-3 fatty acid supplementation on pneumonia risk, respiratory exacerbation episodes, asthma control and lung function in adults.
The subject's physical status and levels of cardiovascular and respiratory risk were described using the American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classification [23], the Revised Cardiac Risk Index [4], [24], and the Postoperative Pneumonia Risk Index [3] respectively.
Such inclusion made it possible to compare the effect of different coals on pneumonia risk.
Multivariate analysis was performed with stepwise logistic regression for pneumonia risk factors.
However, studies have reported conflicting results regarding the association between statin use and pneumonia risk.
Some bundle components, such as stress ulcer prophylaxis, paradoxically increase pneumonia risk [ 9].
It also raises suspicion that indoor coal burning is associated with pneumonia risk in children.
