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Abstract
Inhaling liquid or solids, such as stomach contents, or other FOREIGN OBJECTS, into the RESPIRATORY TRACT. When this causes severe lung damage, it is called ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA.
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11 entry terms
- Accidental Aspiration
- Aspiration, Respiratory
- Accidental Aspirations
- Aspiration, Accidental
- Aspirations, Accidental
- Foreign Body Aspiration
- Aspiration, Foreign Body
- Aspirations, Foreign Body
- Body Aspiration, Foreign
- Body Aspirations, Foreign
- Foreign Body Aspirations
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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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ASPIRATION, MECHANICAL is also available
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History Note
2007; use INHALATION 2004-2006; for ASPIRATION OF GASTRIC CONTENTS use PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION 1984-2006
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Previous Indexing
- Inhalation (1966-2006)
- Pneumonia, Aspiration (1965-2006)
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- National Library of Medicine. Respiratory Aspiration. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D053120. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D053120
- Respiratory Aspiration. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_aspiration
- Respiratory Aspiration. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q737510