Aspiration pneumonia is thought to be associated with a poor outcome in patients with community acquired pneumonia (CAP). However, there has been no systematic review regarding the impact of aspiration pneumonia on the outcomes in patients with CAP. This review was conducted using the MOOSE guidelines: Patients: patients defined CAP. EXPOSURE aspiration pneumonia defined as pneumonia in patie...

This randomised study was designed to compare clinical outcomes for simple aspiration versus tube thoracostomy, in the treatment of the first primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) attack. A randomised trial, comparing simple aspiration with tube thoracostomy, in 137 patients with a first episode of PSP was carried out. Immediate success was obtained in 40 out of the 65 patients (62%) randomly ...

abstract background this study aimed to compare sedative and analgesic effects of oral midazolam and ketamine on bone marrow aspiration (bma) and lumbar puncture (lp). material and methods this study was a randomized clinical trial and was performed in amirkola hospital in north of iran, babol during 2011 and 2012 .the study population consisted of 40 patients who underwent the first time of di...

introduction: the preoperative diagnostic evaluation of the parotid lesion is a valuable aid in planning the operation and the approach to intervention. among different diagnostic tools, fine needle aspiration has a key role. however, the exact efficacy of this technique in our center had not been thoroughly investigated. materials and methods: between january 2000 and june 2007 a subset of 64 ...

We describe two otherwise healthy subjects with many years sequelae due to lung aspiration. In both, diagnosis was delayed due to lack of history of aspiration. Recurrent pneumonia in the same segment in one, and migratory pneumonia in the other, could have suggested the diagnosis. Review of the literature shows that occult foreign body aspiration poses difficulties in diagnosis and that often ...

Department of Radiology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea Department of Occupational Medicine, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Korea Received February 1, 2008 ; Accepted March 31, 2008 Address reprint requests to : In Jae Lee, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Radiology, Hallym Univ...

OBJECTIVES To determine the prevalence of aspiration in patients with newly diagnosed nontreated advanced head and neck cancer and to determine the ability of the clinical examination to predict aspiration in this patient population. DESIGN A descriptive prevalence study of the presence of aspiration in patients with advanced (stages III and IV) head and neck cancer and a prospective correlat...

Background: Aspiration pneumonia is a rare but serious complication that carries significant morbidity following surgery. This study was undertaken to identify pre-operative and operative risk factors and develop a predictive model for aspiration pneumonia in cardiac surgery patients. Methods: This study was a retrospective analysis of our institution’s Society of Thoracic Surgeons’ (STS) cardi...