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| ==Aspiration pneumonia== | | ==Aspiration pneumonia== |
| ===General===
| | {{Main|Aspiration pneumonia}} |
| *Not associated with microorganisms - though empiric antibiotics are relatively common to cover infectious pneumonias that cannot be excluded easily on clinical grounds.<ref name=pmid21263315>{{Cite journal | last1 = Raghavendran | first1 = K. | last2 = Nemzek | first2 = J. | last3 = Napolitano | first3 = LM. | last4 = Knight | first4 = PR. | title = Aspiration-induced lung injury. | journal = Crit Care Med | volume = 39 | issue = 4 | pages = 818-26 | month = Apr | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31820a856b | PMID = 21263315 }}</ref>
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| *Usually seen in the context of a toxin and/or pathology that affects the swallowing and cough reflexes.<ref name=pmid16082150>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ohrui | first1 = T. | title = Preventive strategies for aspiration pneumonia in elderly disabled persons. | journal = Tohoku J Exp Med | volume = 207 | issue = 1 | pages = 3-12 | month = Sep | year = 2005 | doi = | PMID = 16082150 }}</ref>
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| Common associations:<ref name=pmid16082150/>
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| *[[Stroke]].
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| *[[Multiple sclerosis]].
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| *[[Alcohol]] intoxication.
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| Other risk factors:<ref name=pmid21263315/>
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| *Traumatic brain injury.
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| *Seizure disorder.
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| *Bowel obstruction.
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| *Drugs.
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| *[[Obesity]].
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| *Labour.
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| Note:
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| *A special type of aspiration pneumonia is ''lipoid pneumonia''. It is dealt with in the ''[[lipoid pneumonia]]'' article.
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| ===Gross===
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| *More common in the right lung.
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| **Right main stem bronchus is more vertical.
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| ===Microscopic===
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| Features:
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| *Neutrophils.
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| *Foreign material, e.g. plant matter.
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| *+/-Foreign body giant cells.
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| *+/-Microorganisms.
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| DDx:
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| *[[Acute infectious pneumonia]].
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| ====Images====
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| <gallery>
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| Image:Aspiration_pneumonia_%281%29.jpg | Aspiration pneumonia - 1 - (WC)
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| Image:Aspiration_pneumonia_%282%29.jpg | Aspiration pneumonia - 2 - (WC)
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| Image:Aspiration_pneumonia_%283%29.jpg | Aspiration pneumonia - 3 - (WC)
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| </gallery>
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| ==Cytomegalovirus pneumonia== | | ==Cytomegalovirus pneumonia== |