introduction: foreign-body aspiration is still considered one of the most important diagnostic and therapeutic issues for physicians. mortality rates and the prevalence of diseases caused by foreign bodies in the airway are higher in children because of the relatively narrow airway and immature protective mechanisms. the aim of this study was to study the pattern of foreign-body aspiration in t...

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...

BACKGROUND Spontaneous pneumothorax is a common problem in hospital practice. Despite the publication of guidelines controversy over its initial management still exists, particularly over the use of simple aspiration. METHODS The management of spontaneous pneumothorax by respiratory and general physicians at our hospital was analysed by retrospective case note review. Eighty five patients wer...

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...

To the Editor: An important study by Savilampi et al.1 demonstrating the rate of pulmonary aspiration in adults undergoing monitored anesthesia care with remifentanil was recently published in AneStheSiology. There is an important limitation of the study worth considering when interpreting the study results. The method of aspiration detection does not differentiate between pharyngeal-to-pulmona...

Respiratory foreign body and subsequent inhalant injury in children is a severe emergent disease in otorhinolaryngology. Inhalation injury (usually referred to as “respiratory tract burn”) is mainly caused by aspiration of hot smog, gas, dust and chemical substances into the respiratory tract. The clinical occurrence of respiratory foreign body and inhalation injury in combination is characteri...

STANDARDIZATION OF BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE ASPIRATION TECHNIQUES TO OPTIMIZE DIAGNOSTIC YIELD OF CANINE LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT SAMPLES Katharine Sarah Woods Advisor: University of Guelph, 2013 Dr. Alice Defarges Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is a minimally invasive technique utilized in human and veterinary medicine to sample the lower generation bronchi and alveolar spaces. The basic technique ...

Aspiration via a congenital broncho-esophageal fistula in an adult thoracotomy patient has not been previously reported. Repeated aspiration and subsequent respiratory failure if the fistula is not recognized could be life-threatening in these postoperative patients. We describe one such critical case, in which a broncho-esophageal fistula was discovered weeks after aspiration and the onset of ...

Foreign body aspiration is a potentially life-threatening event especially in those who are younger than 5 years old. Aspiration could be presented as a spectrum, ranging from absolutely asymptomatic event to more sever events including choking, respiratory distress and cyanosis or even death. Although foreign bodies in lung may not be visualized on X-ray, X-ray radiography is considered as a f...