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Abstract
A type of lung inflammation resulting from the aspiration of food, liquid, or gastric contents into the upper RESPIRATORY TRACT.
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13 entry terms
- Pneumonia, Aspiration
- Aspiration Pneumonias
- Pneumonias, Aspiration
- Acid Aspiration Syndrome
- Gastric Acid Aspiration Syndrome
- Mendelson Syndrome
- Mendelson's Syndrome
- Acid Aspiration Syndromes
- Mendelsons Syndrome
- Syndrome, Acid Aspiration
- Syndrome, Mendelson
- Syndrome, Mendelson's
- Syndromes, Acid Aspiration
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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/congen: consider also RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Aspiration Pneumonia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011015. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011015
- Aspiration Pneumonia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspiration_pneumonia
- Aspiration Pneumonia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q677449