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Use of proton pump inhibitors is associated with increased mortality due to nosocomial pneumonia in bedridden patients receiving tube feeding.

Kosuke HamaiHiroshi IwamotoShinichiro OhshimoYu WakabayashiDaisuke IharaKazunori FujitakaHironobu HamadaKoichi OnoNoboru Hattori
Published in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2018)
The use of PPI in bedridden tube-fed patients was independently associated with mortality due to nosocomial pneumonia, and the PPI group had a non-significant lower incidence of gastrointestinal bleeding than the non-PPI group. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2018; 18: 1215-1218.
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