Background : Lipoid pneumonia is a rare disease and usually reported as sporadic cases. Exogenous lipoid more common form of pneumonia. Untypical characteristics makes incidence rate this cases are often imprecise. The diagnosis made from history lipid containing material aspiration, radiologic imaging, histopathological examination. There no treatment choice because rarely made.
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INTRODUCTION Every year, a large number of patients with dysphagia are placed on feeding tubes to prevent aspiration pneumonia. This prospective study was planned to compare the incidence of aspiration pneumonia and death in patients with dysphagia who were either fed orally or through a nasogastric tube. METHODS All patients aged 65 years or older, at the point of discharge from the geriatri...

BACKGROUND Aspiration pneumonia is an urgent health concern with high mortality and long hospitalization in industrialized and aging countries. However, there is no information about the effectiveness of azithromycin (AZM) for the treatment of aspiration pneumonia. This study investigated if AZM is effective for the treatment of aspiration pneumonia. METHODS Patients with aspiration pneumonia...

Introduction The clinical significance of the number of aspiration risk factors in patients with pneumonia is unknown as yet. In the present study, we clarify the significance of the number of aspiration risk factors for mortality and recurrence in pneumonia patients. Methods This study included 322 patients hospitalized with pneumonia between December 2014 and June 2016. We investigated asso...

BACKGROUND In nursing home residents, it is not possible to distinguish pneumonia and aspiration pneumonia clinically. International literature reveals no consensus on which and how many characteristics and risk indicators must be present to diagnose (nursing home-acquired) pneumonia and aspiration pneumonia. The aim of this survey was to reach consensus among a panel of clinical medical expert...

Drowning represents one major cause of accidental death. Near-drowning patients are exposed to aspiration that may result in pneumonia with life-threatening consequences. We designed this descriptive study to investigate the frequency, nature, and consequences of post-drowning pneumonia. One hundred and forty-four near-drowning patients (33 children and 111 adults) admitted during four years to...

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Respiratory diseases are responsible for a significant number of deaths and considerable suffering in humans. Accumulating evidence suggests that oral disorders, particularly periodontal disease, may influence the course of respiratory infections like bacterial pneumonia and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Oral periodontopathic bacteria can be aspirated into the lung causing aspir...

administration of levodopa significantly improved the swallowing reflex in patients with aspiration pneumonia,4 and that amantadine, a drug that acts by the releasing dopamine from dopaminergic nerve terminals, could lower the risk of pneumonia to about 20% in patients with stroke.5 Therefore, amantadine may also be beneficial in preventing pneumonia in patients with stroke. This drug should be...

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