The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses has updated its Practice Alert for feeding tube insertion and created a new Practice Alert covering aspiration prevention practices for tube-fed ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Aspiration pneumonia is a common diagnosis among patients seen in and out of the hospital. Aspiration pneumonia ...

Aspiration among critically ill patients may often be subtle or even silent, but that doesn't mean it's insignificant. The condition contributes to an increased risk of pneumonia and other serious ...

ASPIRATION of gastric contents into the respiratory tract by the unconscious patient is a serious, and sometimes a fatal, hazard. In a series of 44,016 pregnancies studied at the New York Lying-in ...