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Pilot study for risk assessment of aspiration pneumonia based on oral bacteria levels and serum biomarkers

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Aspiration pneumonia is a serious problem among elderly patients; it is caused by many risk factors including dysphagia, poor oral hygiene, malnutrition, and sedative medications.
Tomotaka Nishizawa, Yuichi Niikura, Keiichi Akasaka, Masato Watanabe, Daisuke Kurai, Masako Amano, Haruyuki Ishii, Hidekazu Matsushima, Naomi Yamashita, Hajime Takizawa   +9 more
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Sars-Cov-19 associated with aspiration pneumonia in a patient with Parkinson disease: A case report

European Journal of Radiology Open, 2021
Coronaviruses can cause multiple systemic infections respiratory complications are the most recognizable symptoms similar to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV).
Safaa Touihmi, Adam El Hassouni, Ilham Rkain   +2 more
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Role of bronchoalveolar lavage in differentiation between bacterial aspiration pneumonia and gastric aspiration pneumonitis

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2023
Background Differentiation between gastric aspiration pneumonitis and bacterial aspiration pneumonia is important and difficult. This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in differentiation between them using different ...
Doaa H.H. Elsherbiny, Mohammad E Abo-Shehata, Essam A Elgamal, Magda A Ahmed, Mohamed M Elgamal, Manar A El-Sayed, Dina A Abdalla   +6 more
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Impact of Antibiotics Used for Acute Aspiration Bronchitis on the Prevention of Pneumonia

Geriatrics
Backgrounds: It remains unclear if antibiotics should be used for the treatment of acute aspiration bronchitis to prevent the development of pneumonia.
Akihiko Goto, Kosaku Komiya, Kenji Umeki, Kazufumi Hiramatsu, Jun-ichi Kadota   +4 more
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Aspiration Pneumonia in a Pediatric Patient under General Anesthesia despite Adequate Preoperative Fasting [PDF]

Korean Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2015
Aspiration pneumonia rarely occurs during general anesthesia; however, it can result in fatal pulmonary complications. To reduce aspiration pneumonia, a preoperative fasting time of 8 hours is recommended.
Sang-Il Yoon, Jong-Man Kang
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ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA

Survey of Anesthesiology, 1976
An experimental model using an ex vivo perfused ventilated canine pulmonary lobe was used to study aspiration pneumonia. After intrabronchial acid instillation, the lobe weight tripled, air way pressure and pulmonary artery pressure doubled, and intrapulmonary shunting increased from 5.5% to 53.4%.
T J, Toung, D, Bordos, D W, Benson, D, Carter, G D, Zuidema, S, Permutt, J L, Cameron   +6 more
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Aspiration pneumonia induces muscle atrophy in the respiratory, skeletal, and swallowing systems

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 2018
Background Repetition of the onset of aspiration pneumonia in aged patients is common and causes chronic inflammation. The inflammation induces proinflammatory cytokine production and atrophy in the muscles.
Riyo Komatsu, Tatsuma Okazaki, Satoru Ebihara, Makoto Kobayashi, Yoko Tsukita, Mayumi Nihei, Hisatoshi Sugiura, Kaijun Niu, Takae Ebihara, Masakazu Ichinose   +9 more
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Healthcare-associated Pneumonia and Aspiration Pneumonia

Aging and disease, 2015
Healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP) is a new concept of pneumonia proposed by the American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America in 2005. This category is located between community-acquired pneumonia and hospital-acquired pneumonia with respect to the characteristics of the causative pathogens and mortality, and primarily targets ...
Kosaku, Komiya, Hiroshi, Ishii, Jun-Ichi, Kadota   +2 more
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Impact of stroke severity on aspiration pneumonia risks in the medical ward versus the stroke unit: a 10-year retrospective cohort study

BMJ Open
Objective Aspiration pneumonia is a common complication post-stroke that increases the patient’s duration of stay in hospital, mortality and morbidity.
Naveed Akhtar, Deborah Morgan, Ashfaq Shuaib, Kim H Tran, Blessy Babu, Aizaz Ali, Sujata Joseph, Ryan Ty Uy   +7 more
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Impact of Aspiration Pneumonia on the Clinical Course of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy: A Retrospective Cohort Study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Although aspiration pneumonia is the most common complication of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), the clinical impact of aspiration pneumonia on disease course and survival has not been fully estimated.
Satoshi Tomita, Tomoko Oeda, Atsushi Umemura, Masayuki Kohsaka, Kwiyoung Park, Kenji Yamamoto, Hiroshi Sugiyama, Chiaki Mori, Kimiko Inoue, Harutoshi Fujimura, Hideyuki Sawada   +10 more
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