A case-control study of antipsychotic use and pneumonia-related mortality in the United Kingdom.

Background And Aim: There is increasing evidence linking antipsychotic use with pneumonia, but limited evidence of an effect on pneumonia-related outcomes such as mortality. In this study, we aimed to examine the association of pneumonia-related death with specific antipsychotic exposure.

Method: Deaths analysed were those reported to a UK-based drug-related deaths database, the National Programme on Substance Abuse Deaths (NPSAD), between 1997 and September 2020.

Preparing for COVID-19: rapid redeployment workshops for Senior Doctors.

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Background Restructuring secondary care provision for COVID-19 raised the possibility of redeployment of senior physicians.