Healthy mongrel dogs were subjected to aspiration of 20 ml/kg of fresh water (group I) or sea water (group II). Fresh water as well as sea water aspiration produced an immediate and significant bradycardia and the heart rate remained appreciably low throughout the forty minute study period. Appearance of tall T waves was the chief electro-cardiographic abnormality seen in both the groups. Out o...

Aspiration pneumonia is a common disease that frequently occurs in elderly patients. Most patients with aspiration pneumonia have swallowing disability and develop hospital-acquired disability. Frequently, patients have difficulty returning home, and they often require long-term hospitalization. Recently, the effectiveness of rehabilitative management including physical, pulmonary, and dysphagi...

Foreign body aspiration is seen frequently in pediatric and geriatric patients, but it can also be seen in adults. Needle aspiration is a common problem in our country. Foreign body aspiration can lead to complete airway obstruction, asphyxia and death but sometimes symptoms may not be evident during the early period of aspiration and patients may present with complications afterwards. Early di...

Background: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) ranks first for head and neck malignancies, radiotherapyis a recommended treatment. Most post-radiotherapy NPC patients experience oropharyngeal dysphagia thatresults in pharyngeal residue. Pharyngeal residue is thought to be risk factor aspiration-penetration.Objective: Examining the correlation between penetration-aspiration postradiotherapy patients...

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Introduction: Foreign Body Aspiration (FBA) represents a life-threatening emergency .It occurs primarily in children below 3 years. Generally, the most common aspirated FB is organic material such as nuts or beans. Sharp Foreign Bodies (FBs) are of particular concern to the attending clinician, because of their potential to perforate the air passage and cause possible complications. Here in, we...

Aspiration pneumonia is associated with significantly high morbidity and mortality rates, accompanied by high health care costs. As a result, aspiration pneumonia preventive efforts are a national priority. The development of an intervention model for the prevention of aspiration pneumonia in high-risk medical-surgical inpatients at an urban teaching hospital is described. The intervention mode...

Capsule endoscopy is a commonly employed technique to examine patients for gastrointestinal pathology. Pulmonary aspiration of a capsule endoscope is a rare complication of this procedure. There have been 15 well-described instances of bronchial aspiration of a capsule endoscope [1–15]. Patients who aspirate this device are generally elderly and may have risk factors for aspiration. Aspiration ...

Barium sulfate is an inert material used as a radiographic contrast medium during upper gastrointestinal contrast studies for evaluation of patients with dysphagia. Oral barium aspiration is an uncommon but wellreported complication of this procedure. While barium aspiration of small amounts may not cause any symptoms, massive barium aspiration can be life-threatening, particularly in elderly p...

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