BACKGROUND Different aspiration techniques to retrieve bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) affect sample quality in healthy dogs. Studies evaluating these techniques in dogs with respiratory disease are lacking. OBJECTIVES To compare sample quality of BALF acquired by manual aspiration (MA) and suction pump aspiration (SPA). ANIMALS Eighteen client-owned dogs with respiratory disease. MET...

Various flow and timing characteristics of breathing as well as electrocorticographic (ECoG) records were analysed in a model of reversible respiratory failure induced by N2 inhalation in 27 anaesthetized cats. During the first minute of respiratory arrest, nasopharyngeal stimulation by an elastic nylon fibre elicited a typical sniff- or gasp-like aspiration reflex (in 88.8% of cases), whilst s...

INTRODUCTION Foreign-body aspiration is still considered one of the most important diagnostic and therapeutic issues for physicians. Mortality rates and the prevalence of diseases caused by foreign bodies in the airway are higher in children because of the relatively narrow airway and immature protective mechanisms. The aim of this study was to study the pattern of foreign-body aspiration in th...

Hydrocarbon aspiration (HA) can cause significant lung disease by inducing an inflammatory response, hemorrhagic exudative alveolitis, and loss of surfactant function. The most serious side effect of HA is aspiration pneumonia. Pneumothorax, pneumatocele, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), pulmonary abscess, bronchopleural fistula, bilateral hemorrhagic pleural effusion and pyopneumoth...

Complications due to aspiration of barium contrast occur rarely during studies the digestive tract. While lung tissue can tolerate small amounts Barium large quantities exceed lung’s capacity and consequently lead death especially, in geriatric patients. affect pulmonary ventilation perfusion function, causing dyspnoea, hypoxemia respiratory failure. We herein report a swallow case which an 82-...

BACKGROUND To determine the suitability of different superimposed high-frequency jet ventilation (SHFJV) application methods during tracheal bleeding. OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of SHFJV on the aspiration of blood during tracheal bleeding. METHODS A test lung was ventilated using SHFJV via a rigid endoscope, a jet laryngoscope and a 4-lumen jet catheter. Packed red blood cells (PRBCs...

Eighteen children aged 6 to 11 years old who fulfilled criteria for the diagnosis of neonatal meconium aspiration syndrome were investigated to find out the prevalence of previous and current respiratory symptoms, and abnormal pulmonary function tests, chest radiographs, and ventilation scans. Eleven of the 18 had no respiratory symptoms and eight of these had normal pulmonary function on testi...

Capsule endoscope aspiration into the respiratory tract is a rare complication of capsule endoscopy. Despite the potential seriousness of this complication, no accepted methods exist to accurately predict and therefore prevent it. We describe the case of an 85-year-old male who presented for evaluation of iron deficiency anemia. He complained of dysphagia while ingesting a patency capsule, with...

Previously we have demonstrated that prolonged exposure to 100% ambient oxygen leads to a marked loss in functional lung volume and lung compliance, hypoxemia, and surfactant system abnormalities similar to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). However, 50% oxygen administration is believed to be safe in most clinical settings. In the present study, we have evaluated the effects of a 24-h...