Aspiration pneumonia historical perspective
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:
Overview
Literature on aspiration pneumonia came in to knowledge of medical society along with discovery of pneumonia. Major break through came when x-ray was invented by Roentgen in 1896 .
Historical Perspective
Following are important land mark events that shows how aspiration pneumonia became an important entity of critical care:[1][2][3]
Year | Events |
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460 BC–380 BC | Hippocrates described pnumonia |
1138–1204 AD | Maimonides wrote about pneumonia as "The basic symptoms which occur in pneumonia and which are never lacking are as follows: acute fever, sticking pleuritic pain in the side, short rapid breaths, serrated pulse and cough." |
1875 | Bacteria was first seen in the airways of individuals who died from pneumonia by Edwin Klebs |
1848 | worked on identifying the two common bacterial causes Streptococcus pneumoniae and Klebsiella pneumoniae was performed by Carl Friedländer |
1893 | Veillon was first to write about role of anaerobic bacteria in aspiration pneumonia |
1896 | Roentgen describes X-rays. |
1918 | Sir William Osler, known as "the father of modern medicine," appreciated the morbidity and mortality of pneumonia, describing it as the "captain of the men of death" |
1927 | Smith was first to clearly show anaerobic bacterial growth in animal models suffered aspiration pneumonia |
1929 | Drinker and Shaw announce the invention of the iron lung during the polio epidemic |
1946 | Fenn and coworkers publish work on pulmonary gas exchange |
1950 | Steroid used for asthma |
1970's | Plethora was discovered with introduction of using clindamycin in it's treatment |
1985 | Specimen collected from patients of aspiration pneumonia were vastly cultured and it was called anaerobic bandwagon |
References
- ↑ Japanese Respiratory Society (2009). "Aspiration pneumonia". Respirology. 14 Suppl 2: S59–64. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1843.2009.01578.x. PMID 19857224.
- ↑ Almirall J, Cabré M, Clavé P (2012). "Complications of oropharyngeal dysphagia: aspiration pneumonia". Nestle Nutr Inst Workshop Ser. 72: 67–76. doi:10.1159/000339989. PMID 23052002.
- ↑ Marik PE, Careau P (1999). "The role of anaerobes in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia and aspiration pneumonia: a prospective study". Chest. 115 (1): 178–83. PMID 9925081.