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| ==Overview== | | ==Overview== |
| The incidence and prevalence of aspiration pneumonia are underestimated. It is mostly because of similarities between [[Pneumonia|pneumonias]] from different causes and lack of specific marker to distinguish [[Pneumonia|pneumonias]] from each other. The [[incidence]] of aspiration pneumonia is approximately 300,000 to 600,000 individuals annually in the United States. The [[prevalence]] of aspiration pneumonia is approximately 5,000 to 15,000 per 100,000 individuals admitted in the hospital due to [[Community-acquired pneumonia|community acquired pneumonia]]. The [[mortality rate]] of aspiration pneumonia is approximately 10.6-21%. The [[incidence]] of aspiration pneumonia increases with age; the median age at diagnosis is 70-80 years. Males are more commonly affected by aspiration pneumonia than females. There is no racial predilection to aspiration pneumonia. | | The incidence and prevalence of llipoid pneumonia are underestimated. It is mostly because of similarities between [[Pneumonia|pneumonias]] from different causes and lack of specific marker to distinguish [[Pneumonia|pneumonias]] from each other. |
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| ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== |
| ===Incidence=== | | ===Incidence=== |
| *The [[incidence]] and [[prevalence]] of aspiration pneumonia are underestimated. It is mostly because of similarities between [[Pneumonia|pneumonias]] from different causes and lack of specific marker to distinguish [[pneumonia]] from each other.<ref name="LanspaJones20132">{{cite journal|last1=Lanspa|first1=Michael J.|last2=Jones|first2=Barbara E.|last3=Brown|first3=Samuel M.|last4=Dean|first4=Nathan C.|title=Mortality, morbidity, and disease severity of patients with aspiration pneumonia|journal=Journal of Hospital Medicine|volume=8|issue=2|year=2013|pages=83–90|issn=15535592|doi=10.1002/jhm.1996}}</ref>
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| *The [[incidence]] of aspiration pneumonia is approximately 300,000 to 600,000 individuals annually in the United States.<ref name="Marik20012">{{cite journal|last1=Marik|first1=Paul E.|title=Aspiration Pneumonitis and Aspiration Pneumonia|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=344|issue=9|year=2001|pages=665–671|issn=0028-4793|doi=10.1056/NEJM200103013440908}}</ref> | | * |
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| ===Prevalence=== | | ===Prevalence=== |
| *The [[prevalence]] of aspiration pneumonia is estimated to be 5% to 15% of all [[Pneumonia|pneumonias]] in the hospitalized population.<ref name="DiBardinoWunderink2015">{{cite journal|last1=DiBardino|first1=David M.|last2=Wunderink|first2=Richard G.|title=Aspiration pneumonia: A review of modern trends|journal=Journal of Critical Care|volume=30|issue=1|year=2015|pages=40–48|issn=08839441|doi=10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.07.011}}</ref>
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| *The [[prevalence]] of aspiration pneumonia is approximately 5,000 to 15,000 per 100,000 individuals admitted in the hospital due to [[Community-acquired pneumonia|community acquired pneumonia]].<ref name="Marik2001">{{cite journal|last1=Marik|first1=Paul E.|title=Aspiration Pneumonitis and Aspiration Pneumonia|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=344|issue=9|year=2001|pages=665–671|issn=0028-4793|doi=10.1056/NEJM200103013440908}}</ref> | | * |
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| ===Mortality rate=== | | ===Mortality rate=== |
| *The [[mortality rate]] of aspiration pneumonia is approximately 10.6-21%.<ref name="LanspaJones20132" /> | | * |
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| ===Age=== | | ===Age=== |
| *Aspiration pneumonia commonly affects children and elderly.<ref name="LanspaPeyrani2015">{{cite journal|last1=Lanspa|first1=Michael J.|last2=Peyrani|first2=Paula|last3=Wiemken|first3=Timothy|last4=Wilson|first4=Emily L.|last5=Ramirez|first5=Julio A.|last6=Dean|first6=Nathan C.|title=Characteristics associated with clinician diagnosis of aspiration pneumonia: A descriptive study of afflicted patients and their outcomes|journal=Journal of Hospital Medicine|volume=10|issue=2|year=2015|pages=90–96|issn=15535592|doi=10.1002/jhm.2280}}</ref>
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| *The [[incidence]] of aspiration pneumonia increases with age; the median age at diagnosis is 70-80 years.<ref name="LanspaJones20132" />
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| *There is no racial predilection to aspiration pneumonia.
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| ===Gender=== | | ===Gender=== |
| *Males are more commonly affected by aspiration pneumonia than females.<ref name="DiBardinoWunderink2015">{{cite journal|last1=DiBardino|first1=David M.|last2=Wunderink|first2=Richard G.|title=Aspiration pneumonia: A review of modern trends|journal=Journal of Critical Care|volume=30|issue=1|year=2015|pages=40–48|issn=08839441|doi=10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.07.011}}</ref> | | * |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sadaf Sharfaei M.D.[2]
Overview
The incidence and prevalence of llipoid pneumonia are underestimated. It is mostly because of similarities between pneumonias from different causes and lack of specific marker to distinguish pneumonias from each other.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Incidence
Prevalence
Mortality rate
Age
Gender
References