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- | ====== Aspiration Pneumonia ====== | ||
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- | Patchy basal opacities on chest X-Ray occurring in the first 24 hours are reasonably common in patients with poisoning. The drugs that lead to this are usually sedating (e.g. [[: | ||
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- | A severe aspiration pneumonia or chemical pneumonitis is unusual except with aspiration of fuels (e.g. petrol & kerosene) or hydrocarbons of other types (e.g. diluents or propellants for pesticides). The major problem with the lungs of these patients is widespread destruction of surfactant and inflammation from a chemical burn by the hydrocarbons. Treatment is essentially the same as for [[: | ||
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- | Prophylactic antibiotics or steroids are not indicated for gastric aspiration (Wolfe et al 1977). | ||
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- | ===== REFERENCES ===== | ||
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