<p>Abstract<br />Nonfatal Drowning was defined as survival, after suffocation by immersion or subemersion. Aspiration pneumonia is one of the most common complications nonfatal drowning. It reported that a female patient, aged 50 years, drowned in Pariaman sea, found aspiration due to Bronchial specimen were carried out, type gram-negative bacteria found, namely Pseudomonas aerogino...

BACKGROUND An increased risk of aspiration pneumonia among acute ischemic stroke patients following intubation for endovascular treatment may explain the higher rates of poor outcomes among patients requiring general anesthesia compared with those performed under local sedation. METHODS Rates of aspiration pneumonia and its contribution to poor outcome at discharge (modified Rankin score ≥ 3)...

Aspiration pneumonia is a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality in children with neurological deficits. We present the case of a 4-month-old infant from the Foster Care Center, with severe psychomotor retardation, blindness, and associated cardiac malformation, who was admitted to the Pediatrics Clinic of the Emergency County Hospital of Craiova, Romania, presenting aspiration pneumonia and...

Respiratory dysfunction has been recognized as a cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) (1-3). Respiratory complications, in particular aspiration pneumonia, are the most common causes of death in these patients (1,2). A variety of respiratory problems such as aspiration pneumonia, respiratory dysrhythmias, which may or may not be associated with L-dopa thera...

Many survivors of the tsunami that occurred following the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, contracted a systemic disorder called "tsunami lung," a series of severe systemic infections following aspiration pneumonia caused by near drowning in the tsunami. Generally, the cause of aspiration pneumonia is polymicrobial, including fungi and aerobic and anaerobic bacteria, but Aspergil...

Swallowing is divided into four distinct phases involving five cranial nerves and 26 muscles and requires coordination of motor, neural, cognitive, and behavioral processes (Lee-Chiong, 1998; Mikita & Callahan, 2008). An abnormality in any of the nerves, muscles, or processes can result in ineffective swallowing or gastroesophageal reflux. As a result, saliva and ingested materials (e.g., food,...