What are the common causes for aspiration pneumonitis? And It's management?
Dysphagia, unconsciousness and aspiration of vomit. Management: BAL, antibiotics, analgesia, mucolytics, physiotherapy
GERD....CHOKING AND DRIVING...happen.personally x2. Hospitalized...discharge oral antibiotics.
Nope...starting gag coughing...couldnt pull over...loosing my breath..and aspirated... can't get reflux under control...terrifying situation..now that it's happen twice...
Conditions associated with altered or reduced consciousness, including any condition that reduces a patient's gag reflex, ability to maintain an airway, or both, increase the risk of aspiration pneumonia or pneumonitis. Such conditions are as follows: Alcoholism Drug overdose Seizures Stroke Head trauma General anesthesia Intracranial mass lesion
Neurologic disorders also predispose to aspiration pneumonia, such as the following: Multiple sclerosis Dementia Parkinson disease Myasthenia gravis Pseudobulbar palsy
Esophageal conditions associated with aspiration pneumonia include the following: Dysphagia: Oropharyngeal dysphagia has been found in the majority of elderly patients (mean age, 84 y). Esophageal strictures Esophageal neoplasm Esophageal diverticula Tracheoesophageal fistula Gastroesophageal reflux disease
All of this is correct but I have none of these conditions and we're talking about a healthy 54 year old female non-smoker
