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Continuous Professional Oral Health Care Intervention Improves Severe Aspiration Pneumonia

Case Reports in Dentistry, 2019
Professional oral health care (POHC) is known to prevent aspiration pneumonia in patients with dysphagia and/or those at the perioperative stage of surgery. However, the effect of POHC on patients suffering from aspiration pneumonia remains unknown. Here,
Wakako Nawata, Yojiro Umezaki, Masahiro Yamaguchi, Masato Nakajima, Michiko Makino, Masahiro Yoneda, Takao Hirofuji, Takafumi Yamano, Hiroaki Ooboshi, Hiromitsu Morita   +9 more
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Comparative Analysis of the Prevalence of Dysphagia in Patients with Mild COVID-19 and Those with Aspiration Pneumonia Alone: Findings of the Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Study

Medicina, 2023
Background and Objectives: Patients recovering from mild coronavirus disease (COVID-19) reportedly have dysphagia or difficulty in swallowing. We compared the prevalence of dysphagia between patients diagnosed with mild COVID-19 and those diagnosed with ...
Junhyung Kim, Byungju Ryu, Yunhee Kim, Yireh Choi, Eunyoung Lee   +4 more
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Risk Factors for Aspiration Pneumonia in Older Adults.

PLoS ONE, 2015
BackgroundsAspiration pneumonia is a dominant form of community-acquired and healthcare-associated pneumonia, and a leading cause of death among ageing populations.
Toshie Manabe, Shinji Teramoto, Nanako Tamiya, Jiro Okochi, Nobuyuki Hizawa   +4 more
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The severity of nutrition and pneumonia predicts survival in patients with aspiration pneumonia: A retrospective observational study

The Clinical Respiratory Journal, 2022
Introduction Aspiration pneumonia is a common problem among older adults; it has a high mortality rate and the prevalence is increasing. Reports on the risk factors for mortality in patients with aspiration pneumonia are limited.
Yorihide Yanagita, Shinichi Arizono, Yuichi Tawara, Masaki Oomagari, Hikaru Machiguchi, Koshi Yokomura, Norimasa Katagiri, Yuki Iida   +7 more
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Computed tomography findings of 50 patients diagnosed with aspiration pneumonia: A case series

Journal of General and Family Medicine
The effect of neglecting imaging in aspiration pneumonia diagnosis is not well understood. In this study, the computed tomography images of 50 patients diagnosed with aspiration pneumonia were retrospectively analyzed by three radiologists at a different
Akihito Ueda, Kanji Nohara, Nami Fujii, Kazuhiro Nakajima, Yumiko Miyauchi, Yutaka Inoue   +5 more
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Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms May Increase the Risk of Aspiration Pneumonia in Post-Stroke Patients with Dysphagia

Current Issues in Molecular Biology, 2022
This study aimed to evaluate whether genetic polymorphism is associated with an increased risk of infection, specifically post-stroke aspiration pneumonia. Blood samples were obtained from a total of 206 post-stroke participants (males, n = 136; mean age,
Hae-Yeon Park, Hyun-Mi Oh, Tae-Woo Kim, Youngkook Kim, Geun-Young Park, Hyemi Hwang, Sun Im   +6 more
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Aspiration pneumonia in the aged.

Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Geriatrics, 1987
東京警察病院において過去7年間 (1980～1986年) に嚥下性肺炎と診断された27症例について, 吸引内容, 基礎疾患, 病態, 治療, 予後を分析し, 老年者における嚥下性肺炎の特徴を若年者と対比検討した. 対象例を65歳以上の老年群18例, 65歳未満の若年群9例にわけ, 比較検討した.1. 老年群では胃内容物吸引例が, 若年群に比べ多く認められた. 老年群では胃内容物吸引例が9例と最多であったが, 若年群では食物誤嚥が6例, 胃内容物吸引が3例であった.2. 基礎疾患では, 中枢神経系疾患が多く認められ, 老年群では特に脳血管障害が11例と高率であった.3. 老年群嚥下性肺炎は, 若年群と同様に強い炎症所見を示す傾向を認めた.
T, Nagase, K, Marumo, M, Yoshikawa, S, Homma, Y, Haraguchi, Y, Fukuchi, H, Orimo   +6 more
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Is Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy A Solution for Aspiration Pneumonia, or Just An Illusion?

The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology
Background/Aims: Aspiration pneumonia is a pulmonary infection that occurs when food, liquid, saliva, or vomit is aspirated into the lungs. Percutaneous enteral gastrostomy (PEG) prevents aspiration pneumonia while ensuring the patient receives adequate
Aycan Yüksel, Dorina Esendağlı, Polina Nezalzova, Gaye Ulubay   +3 more
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Incidence and Predictors of Aspiration Pneumonia Among Stroke Patients in Western Amhara Region, North-West Ethiopia: A Retrospective Follow Up Study

International Journal of General Medicine, 2023
Tadios Lidetu, Essey Kebede Muluneh, Gizachew Tadesse Wassie School of Public Health, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, EthiopiaCorrespondence: Essey Kebede Muluneh, Bahir Dar University, P.O. Box 79, Office No.
Lidetu T, Muluneh EK, Wassie GT
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Microbiology of Aspiration Pneumonia

Journal of UOEH, 2019
The number of patients with pneumonia has been increasing as the population ages, and most fatal pneumonia cases are the elderly with aspiration pneumonia. Although aspiration pneumonia leads to poor short- and long-term prognosis, there have been no practical ways to diagnose it precisely.
Kentaro, Akata, Shingo, Noguchi, Toshinori, Kawanami, Ryosuke, Hata, Keisuke, Naito, Hiroshi, Mukae, Kazuhiro, Yatera   +6 more
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