Authors
A K Abdul Khader, Professor & HOD, Pulmonary Medicine, MES Medical College, Perinthalmanna.
Abstract
Disappointingly, despite the availability of an effective range of preventive and therapeutic measures, pneumonias remain the most common infectious cause of death. Pneumonia is usually referred to a syndrome caused by acute infections involving lung parenchyma or interstitium usually due to bacteria and is characterized by consolidation, both clinical and radiological.
Aspiration of contaminated material from oropharynx and/or stomach is by far the most common mechanisms of nosocomial pneumonia.
Clinical features of aspiration pneumonia may not be that dramatic to start with and depend upon the stages from pneumonitis to abscess.
Keywords: Aspiration pneumonia, Aspiration, Suppuration, Oral flora.