Use of azithromycin and risk of ventricular arrhythmia

INTERPRETATION: Current azithromycin use was associated with an increased risk of ventricular arrhythmia when compared with nonuse of antibiotics, but not when compared with current amoxicillin use. The decreased risk with an active comparator suggests significant confounding by indication..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:189

Enthalten in:

Cmaj - 189(2017), 15, Seite E560

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Trifiro, Gianluca [VerfasserIn]
de Ridder, Maria [Sonstige Person]
Sultana, Janet [Sonstige Person]
Oteri, Alessandro [Sonstige Person]
Rijnbeek, Peter [Sonstige Person]
Pecchioli, Serena [Sonstige Person]
Mazzaglia, Giampiero [Sonstige Person]
Bezemer, Irene [Sonstige Person]
Garbe, Edeltraut [Sonstige Person]
Schink, Tania [Sonstige Person]
Poluzzi, Elisabetta [Sonstige Person]
Froslev, Trine [Sonstige Person]
Molokhia, Mariam [Sonstige Person]
Diemberger, Igor [Sonstige Person]
Sturkenboom, Miriam C.J.M [Sonstige Person]

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BKL:

44.60

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Themen:

Algorithms
Amoxicillin
Antibiotics
Arrhythmia
Azithromycin
Cancer
Cardiac arrhythmia
Data bases
Databases
Family medical history
Hospitals
Information management
Patients
Pharmaceutical industry
Prescription drugs
Primary care
Research
Studies
Usage

doi:

10.1503/cmaj.160355

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1991876165