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==Causes== | ==Causes== | ||
===Life-threatening Causes=== | ===Life-threatening Causes=== | ||
*Life-threatening causes of aspiration pneumonia include stroke, unconsciousness, and brain-stem palsy. | |||
*Life-threatening causes of | |||
===Common Causes=== | ===Common Causes=== | ||
Aspiration pneumonia may be caused by breathing in: | |||
* | *food | ||
* | *saliva | ||
* | *liquids | ||
*'''vomit''' | |||
===Less Common Causes=== | ===Less Common Causes=== | ||
Less common causes of | Less common causes of aspiration pneumonia include inhalation of: | ||
* | *meconium | ||
* | *foreign body | ||
* | *oil | ||
===Genetic Causes=== | ===Genetic Causes=== | ||
* | *There are no genetic causes of aspiration pneumonia but patients with paralysis of LCN lower cranial nerves() due to syndromes are prone to aspiration syndromes. They may inculde: | ||
**Cerebral parlay | |||
===Causes by Organ System=== | ===Causes by Organ System=== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
Aspiration pneumonia is caused by inhalation of secretions, gastric contents or any foreign material which reaches lung paraenchyma and damages lung tissueby inflammation
Causes
Life-threatening Causes
- Life-threatening causes of aspiration pneumonia include stroke, unconsciousness, and brain-stem palsy.
Common Causes
Aspiration pneumonia may be caused by breathing in:
- food
- saliva
- liquids
- vomit
Less Common Causes
Less common causes of aspiration pneumonia include inhalation of:
- meconium
- foreign body
- oil
Genetic Causes
- There are no genetic causes of aspiration pneumonia but patients with paralysis of LCN lower cranial nerves() due to syndromes are prone to aspiration syndromes. They may inculde:
- Cerebral parlay
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | No underlying causes |
| Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dental | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | No underlying causes |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
| Genetic | No underlying causes |
| Hematologic | No underlying causes |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | No underlying causes |
| Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional/Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | No underlying causes |
| Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal/Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
| Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | No underlying causes |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | No underlying causes |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
List the causes of the disease in alphabetical order.
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