Pneumonia and psychotropic drug use in elderly psychiatric patients.
A study of the use of psychotropic drugs among 30 elderly psychiatric patients with pneumonia (15 of whom died), in comparison to the general elderly population of the hospital, revealed a negative association between the use of psychotropic agents and the development of pneumonia. The factors of age, sex, pre-existing illness, and organism virulence/patient resistance were all associated with death from pneumonia. However, the present findings do not support the hypothesis that psychotropic drugs are implicated in pneumonia deaths among elderly psychiatric patients.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012125:Respiratory Center / Q000187:drug effects; D012737:Sex Factors
D011619:Psychotropic Drugs