Benzodiazepine drug use and adverse respiratory outcomes among older adults with COPD.

T Vozoris, Nicholas; D Fischer, Hadas; Wang, Xuesong; L Stephenson, Anne; S Gershon, Andrea; Gruneir, Andrea; C Austin, Peter; M Anderson, Geoffrey; M Bell, Chaim; S Gill, Sudeep; A Rochon, Paula

doi:10.1183/09031936.00008014

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Benzodiazepine drug use and adverse respiratory outcomes among older adults with COPD.

Published in The European respiratory journal • Aug 1, 2014

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Nicholas T Vozoris

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Hadas D Fischer

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Xuesong Wang

Abstract

Our purpose was to evaluate the association of new benzodiazepine use relative to non-use with adverse clinical respiratory outcomes among older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This was a retrospective population-based cohort study of Ontario, Canada, residents between 2003...

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