Doctors define pulmonary aspiration as accidentally inhaling an object or fluid into the airways. It can lead to coughing, difficulty breathing, discomfort, and sometimes choking. In some cases, ...

Patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) often have distal embolization and microvascular obstruction and, therefore ...

If you inhale something instead of swallowing it or if stomach contents back up and enter your airway, you experience aspiration. Some people may experience complications, including infections.

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 ...