pulmonary aspiration
Sign in to saveAlso known as choking to death on one's own vomit, respiratory aspiration
entry of materials into the larynx (voice box) and lower respiratory tract
Research
20,190 papers- Practice Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting and the Use of Pharmacologic Agents to Reduce the Risk of Pulmonary Aspiration: Application to Healthy Patients Undergoing Elective Procedures: An Updated Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Preoperative Fasting and the Use of Pharmacologic Agents to Reduce the Risk of Pulmonary Aspiration.Anesthesiology · 2017
- Pulmonary Aspiration of Gastric Contents: A Closed Claims Analysis.Anesthesiology · 2021
- Pulmonary Aspiration Syndromes: An Imaging-based Review.Journal of thoracic imaging · 2025
- No association between preprocedural fasting and witnessed pulmonary aspiration: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Surgery · 2025
- Association between glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist use and peri-operative pulmonary aspiration: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Anaesthesia · 2025
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- cause of death
- Subclass of
- airway obstruction
- Image
- Aspiration of Blood - Lung.jpg
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- has effect
- asphyxia
- has cause
- barbiturate overdose
- health specialty
- emergency medicine
- Commons category
- Pulmonary aspiration
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