Aspiration pneumonia is a type of pneumonia caused by the accidental infiltration of food or other substances from the mouth or stomach into the lungs. The condition can be caused by bacteria that ...

The study was prompted by an increase in colonoscopies performed with propofol, a common ambulatory anesthesia drug. Researchers from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland reviewed 5 percent of ...

Efficacy and safety of taxane platinum doublet chemotherapy with triple oral metronomic chemotherapy and low dose nivolumab as neoadjuvant therapy in locally advanced head and neck squamous cell ...

Patients using GLP-1 drugs had no difference in the odds of postoperative aspiration pneumonia versus non-users. There was also no significant difference in the odds of acute respiratory failure.

"This finding suggests that it may be beneficial to reassess the preoperative withholding guidelines for GLP-1 RAs." HealthDay News — Preoperative glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA) ...

Pneumonia diagnoses are marked by pronounced uncertainty, an AI-based analysis of over 2 million hospital visits has found. More than half the time, a pneumonia diagnosis made in the hospital will ...

The common lung infection can range from mild to life-threatening. Here’s how to recognize it and when to seek care.

Hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), formerly called nosocomial pneumonia, is defined as pneumonia occurring 48 hours after admission to the hospital and excluding those incubating at the time of ...

A person with a tracheostomy has a higher risk than usual of aspiration, which means they may take unwanted substances into their airways. A tracheostomy is a procedure in which a surgeon makes an ...