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Transtracheal Aspiration in the Diagnosis of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1972
AbstractTranstracheal aspiration (TTA) was performed on 87 patients to assess its usefulness in the etiological diagnosis of acute lower respiratory tract infections. Sputum samples were examined concomitantly. Tracheal secretions yielded a higher incidence of pulmonary pathogens in pure culture than did the corresponding sputum specimens, and they ...
A, Schreiner, A, Digranes, O, Myking
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Aspiration of bile as a cause of respiratory distress in the newborn infant

The Journal of Pediatrics, 2004
Early-onset respiratory distress and a radiographic appearance of an aspiration syndrome occurred in two neonates with gastroschisis who had evidence of inhalation of bile. Hypoxemic respiratory failure developed in both infants, contributing to death or prolonged respiratory morbidity.
Vanessa, Ellison, Kei, Lui, Peter A, Dargaville   +2 more
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Utility of the blood urea nitrogen to serum albumin ratio as a prognostic factor of mortality in aspiration pneumonia patients.

American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020
PURPOSE This study aimed to determine whether the blood urea nitrogen to serum albumin (B/A) ratio is a useful prognostic factor of mortality in patients with aspiration pneumonia.
S. Ryu, S. Oh, S. Cho, Yeonho You, J. Park, J. Min, Wonjoon Jeong, Y. Cho, H. Ahn, Changshin Kang   +9 more
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Dental prosthesis aspiration: An uncommon cause of respiratory distress

Acta Clinica Belgica, 2016
We present a case of a 66-year-old Caucasian man with acute respiratory distress. The patient had a history of multiple cerebrovascular accidents which resulted in left hemiplegia, swallowing problems, and aphasia. He was tentatively diagnosed with aspiration pneumonia.
Belphine A L, De Wilde, Thomas L, Malfait, Katrien, Bonte, Thomas L A, Malfait   +3 more
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Dysphagia, aspiration, and respiratory problems in people with chronic respiratory illness

Current Opinion in Supportive & Palliative Care
Purpose Dysphagia, aspiration, and respiratory dysfunction are interlinked with shared neural control and biomechanical demands. Recent respiratory–swallow coordination research and scrutiny of long-standing dysphagia interventions necessitate reappraisal of aspiration risk, airway protection, and clinical ...
Phyllis M. Palmer, Paula Leslie
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Aspiration Pneumonia

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Aspiration pneumonia is a lower respiratory tract infection that results from inhalation of foreign material, often gastric and oropharyngeal contents.
Di Pan, Samuel Chung, E. Nielsen, M. Niederman   +3 more
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Case 2: Respiratory Distress and Chronic Aspiration

NeoReviews, 2017
A gravida 6, para 4 mother presents with spontaneous labor at 37 1/7 weeks’ estimated gestational age (EGA). The pregnancy is uncomplicated, but ultrasonography reports polyhydramnios. Delivery occurs via repeat cesarean section. Copious oral secretions and significant work of breathing are noted at delivery, requiring positive pressure ventilation and
Laura M. Seske, J. Drew Prosser, Beth E. Haberman   +2 more
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[Damage to the respiratory tract due to aspirated alendronate].

Pneumologie (Stuttgart, Germany), 2008
We describe the rare case of a high-grade chemical irritating-toxic damage to the larynx, the trachea and the bronchial system due to the aspiration of the bisphosphonate alendronate. The aspiration of alendronate was caused by oropharyngeal dysphagia.
S A, Jungblut, H, Frickmann, H J, Achenbach, T O F, Wagner   +3 more
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Respiratory response to chronic aspirations in children

Paediatric bronchology, 2023
Nadine Freitag, Thi Minh Thao Lea Nguyen, Katrin Krug   +2 more
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Respiratory care burden in children with aspiration

Paediatric respiratory infection and immun., 2023
Christopher Edwards, Jennifer Unwin, Ayesha Jannat, Liz Franklin   +3 more
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