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Covert inhalation of tablet causing fatal pneumonia.
Inhalation of foreign bodies is usually associated with acute respiratory symptoms. We report a case of an elderly woman who died from pneumonia due to covert tablet inhalation. Clinicians caring for the elderly should consider this as a possible cause for pneumonia which fails to respond to usual therapy.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Advanced Drug Delivery
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2321-547X
DOI: 10.21767/2321-547x.1000007