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Association of Azithromycin With Mortality and Cardiovascular Events Among Older Patients Hospitalized With Pneumonia

Eric M. Mortensen, Ethan A. Halm, Mary Jo Pugh, et al JAMA, 2014, 311(21):2199-2208.

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The risk of CVS death from macrolides vs the benefit of their use, has been the subject of scrutiny for the last year. This VA database linkage study describes the 90-day outcomes in older (>65 years) patients hospitalised with severe community acquired pneumonia (ICD-9 code,...


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