Cilostazol for the prevention of pneumonia: a systematic review

Abstract Background Pneumonia is a very common disease, especially among the elderly. Various drugs’ preventive effects against pneumonia have been reported. The antiplatelet drug cilostazol is used to prevent pneumonia, but the robustness of its efficacy is unclear. This review estimates the effect...

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Main Authors: Hirotaka Nakashima, Kazuhisa Watanabe, Hiroyuki Umegaki, Yusuke Suzuki, Masafumi Kuzuya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-04-01
Series:Pneumonia
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41479-018-0046-5