Incident diuretic drug use and adverse respiratory events among older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Nicholas T VozorisXuesong WangPeter C AustinDenis E O'DonnellShawn D AaronTeresa M ToAndrea S Gershon

Published in: British journal of clinical pharmacology (2017)

Incident diuretic drugs, and more specifically loop diuretics, were associated with increased rates of respiratory-related morbidity and mortality among older adults with nonpalliative COPD. Further studies are needed to determine if this association is causative or due to unresolved confounding.

Keyphrases

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
cardiovascular disease
lung function
acute heart failure
transcription factor
cystic fibrosis
case control
emergency department
drug induced
adverse drug