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Aspiration pneumonia

open access: yesRevista Española de Quimioterapia, 2022
The growing population of older people worldwide represents a great challenge for health systems. The elderly are at increased risk of infectious diseases such as pneumonia, which is associated with increased morbidity and mortality related mainly to age-related physiological changes in the immune system (immunosenescence), the presence of multiple ...
Niederman, Michael S., Cilloniz, Catia
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Risk Factors for Aspiration Pneumonia among Elderly Patients in a Community-Based Integrated Care Unit: A Retrospective Cohort Study

open access: yesGeriatrics, 2021
We aimed to clarify the physical factors associated with the incidence of aspiration pneumonia in a community-based integrated care unit. This retrospective cohort study included 412 patients aged 65 years or older admitted to a community-based ...
Isao Uno, Takaaki Kubo
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Oro‐pharyngo‐esophageal radionuclide scintigraphy predicts aspiration pneumonia risk and associated survival in post‐irradiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients

open access: yesLaryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2022
Objective To demonstrate that oro‐pharyngo‐esophageal radionuclide scintigraphy (OPERS) not only detects tracheobronchial aspiration after swallowing, but also quantifies the amount of aspiration and subsequent clearance.
Peter K. M. Ku   +13 more
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Aspiration pneumonia [PDF]

open access: yesRespirology, 2004
Aspiration pneumonia The committee for The Japanese Respiratory Society guidelines in management of respiratory infections.
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Effect of aspiration on the lungs in children: a comparison using chest computed tomography findings

open access: yesBMC Pediatrics, 2019
Background Detecting and addressing aspiration early in children with dysphagia, such as those with cerebral palsy, is important for preventing aspiration pneumonia.
Nobukazu Tanaka   +6 more
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Baby sleep incidental aspiration – case report

open access: yesFamily Medicine & Primary Care Review, 2020
Aspiration pneumonia usually occurs among infants with co-existing medical states like neurological, abnormalities of deglutition, gastroesophageal reflux or congenital malformations.
Magdalena Potempa-Jeziorowska
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Risk Factors Associated with Aspiration Pneumonia among the Patients with Drug Intoxication

open access: yesمجله دانشکده پزشکی اصفهان, 2018
Background: Poisoning is one of the serious underlying causes of loss of consciousness. Due to the relative lack of preserving factors of respiratory tract, risk of aspiration pneumonia would be increased.
Nastaran Eizadi-Mood   +3 more
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Pneumonia due to aspiration of povidine iodine after induction of general anesthesia -A case report- [PDF]

open access: yesKorean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2011
Aspiration pneumonia is usually caused by aspiration of gastric contents during anesthesia. It causes severe pulmonary complications. Povidone iodine was used widely as an oral antiseptic.
Tae Hun An, Byung Ryang Ahn
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Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) amylase and pepsin levels as potential biomarkers of aspiration pneumonia

open access: yesPulmonology, 2023
Background and objective There are currently no established markers for aspiration pneumonia. We hypothesized that bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) amylase and pepsin might be candidate biomarkers for aspiration pneumonia.Methods This cross-sectional study ...
T. Suzuki   +4 more
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Aspiration pneumonia [PDF]

open access: yesRespirology, 2009
SUMMARY• Aspiration pneumonia is diagnosed upon confirmation of inflammatory findings in the lungs and overt aspiration (apparent aspiration) or a condition in which aspiration is strongly suspected (abnormal swallowing function and dysphagia).• In hospital‐acquired pneumonia, this occurs as one consequence of frequent silent aspiration.• In the ...
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