Outcomes for older adults with pneumonia who receive treatment including azithromycin
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 - 06:01
in Health & Medicine
Treatment for pneumonia that included azithromycin compared with other antibiotics was associated with a significantly lower risk of death and a slightly increased risk of heart attack, according to a study that included nearly 65,000 hospitalized older patients. Pneumonia and influenza together are the eighth leading cause of death and the leading causes of infectious death in the United States.