Mandell, L. A., & Niederman, M. S. (2019). Aspiration Pneumonia. The New England Journal of Medicine, 380(7), 651-663. http://dx.doi.org.proxy.lib.umich.edu/10.1056/NEJMra1714562

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Aspiration pneumonia is pneumonia (infection of the lungs) that happens when food/fluids enter the lungs. It happens mainly in people with serious underlying health conditions (both acute and chronic conditions). For more details, see the image below.

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