An Association between Positive Airway Pressure Device Manufacturer and Incident Cancer? A Secondary Data Analysis

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2021 Dec 15;204(12):1484-1488. doi: 10.1164/rccm.202107-1734LE.

Authors

Tetyana Kendzerska^{1

2

3}, Richard S Leung^{4

5}, Mark I Boulos^{4

6}, Daniel I McIsaac^{1

2

3}, Brian J Murray^{4

6}, Gregory L Bryson^{1

3}, Robert Talarico^{2

3}, Atul Malhotra⁷, Andrea S Gershon^{2

4

6}, Constance Mackenzie^{8

9}, Marcus Povitz¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ The Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
² ICES Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
³ Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ St. Michael's Hospital Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁷ University of California, San Diego San Diego, California.
⁸ Hospital for Sick Children Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁹ Western University London, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁰ University of Calgary Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Female
Humans
Incidence
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Medical Device Recalls
Middle Aged
Neoplasms / chemically induced*
Neoplasms / epidemiology
Odds Ratio
Ontario / epidemiology
Polyesters / chemistry
Polyesters / toxicity*
Polyurethanes / chemistry
Polyurethanes / toxicity*
Positive-Pressure Respiration / instrumentation*
Registries
Retrospective Studies

Substances

Polyesters
Polyurethanes
polyurethane foam

Grants and funding

T32 HL134632/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States