USMLE/COMLEX - Step 2 - Pulmonary Aspiration

Inhalation of foreign material or aspiration of food or oropharyngeal secretions that causes an infection in the lungs Endoscopy Regurgitation Peptostreptococcus Prevotella Bacteroides Fusobacterium Streptococci virdians Staphylcoccus aureus Klebsiella Pseudomonas aeruginosa Streptococcus pneumonia Staphylococcus aureus Haemophilus influenza Enterobacteriaceae Shortness of breath Cough Fever Dyspnea Wheezing Crackles Bronchospams Hypoxemia Foul-smelling sputum Chest x-ray CT of the chest ABG Gram stain and culture of aspirate of abscess Acute aspiration: airway management and respiratory support All patients: antibiotics if caused by an agent and supportive care