PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine the significant factors for risk estimate of aspiration and to evaluate the efficiency of the dysphagia assessment tool. METHODS A consecutive series of 210 stroke patients with aspiration symptoms such as cough and dysphagia who had soft or regular diet without tube feeding were examined. The dysphagia assessment tool for aspiration was comp...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Variation exists among anesthesia providers as to acceptable timing of NPO ("nothing by mouth") for elective colonoscopy procedures. There is a need to balance optimal colonic preparation, patient convenience, and scheduling efficiency with anesthesia safety concerns. We reviewed the evidence for the relationship between NPO timing and aspiration incidence and colonoscopy resche...

OBJECTIVE The role of different techniques for mediastinal staging in patients with suspected lung cancer is a subject of debate. The aim of this study was to analyze the diagnostic yield and cost-effectiveness of transbronchial needle aspiration in the mediastinal staging of lung cancer in patients being evaluated in a tertiary hospital. PATIENTS AND METHODS This was a retrospective, observa...

Adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is an acute lung injury of high mortality rate, and the molecular mechanisms underlying it are poorly understood. Acid aspiration-induced lung injury is one of the most common causes of ARDS, characterized by an increase in lung permeability, enhanced polymorphonuclear neutrophil (PMN) sequestration, and respiratory failure. Here, we investigated the r...

background: following pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents, a variety of conditions occurs ranging from the acute inflammatory response (aspiration pneumonitis) to an infectious process (aspiration pneumonia). they cause due to the failure of protecting mechanism of airway patency following poisoning toxicity. methods: patients with acute drug poisoning for assessment of aspiration-induced ...

Thyroid nodules occur in 4-15% of the adult population and can be found in up to 90% of women over the age of 60 years1. However the incidence of malignancy is only 50 per million population2. The major challenge faced by a clinician is to determine whether a thyroid nodule is benign or malignant. Although certain aspects of the history and physical examination may suggest malignancy, in most c...

i found one article on the website of ijmtfm, which had studied the consequences of aspiration of gastric contents in acute poisoning patients (1). it was informative. unfortunately, there are some errors in that article, which i would like to bring to your kind attention.