Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Aspiration pneumonia is a common diagnosis among patients seen in and out of the hospital. Aspiration pneumonia ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

The British Thoracic Society (BTS) has published two new pieces of guidance on pneumonia – one on aspiration pneumonia and other on community acquired pneumonia in people with learning disability – ...

Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism, Vol. 71, No. 3/4 (2017), pp. 253-260 (8 pages) Background/Aims: Aspiration pneumonia is a common cause of death among the elderly (≥90-year-old) in nursing homes.

Aspiration. Coloured chest X-ray showing aspiration (dark areas) in the lungs of a 76-year-old female patient with an extensive brain haemorrhage. Aspiration is the inhalation of foreign substances, ...