Aspiration Pneumonitis and Pneumonia

Small Animal Critical Care Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 97-101

  Goggs, Robert ^a   Boag, Amanda K ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77953785883     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-4160-2591-7.10023-2     Document Type: Chapter

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2. Kallar SK, Everett LL Potential risks and preventative measures for pulmonary aspiration: new concepts in preoperative fasting guidelines. Anesth Analg 1993, 77:171.
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4. Marik PE Aspiration pneumonitis and aspiration pneumonia. N Engl J Med 2001, 344:665.
5. Moser KM, Maurer K, Jassy L, et al. Sensitivity, specificity, and risk of diagnostic procedures in a canine model of Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia. Am Rev Respir Dis 1982, 125:436.
6. A retrospective case series from the University of California, Davis, which set out to document the most commonly isolated bacteria associated with lower respiratory tract disease in dogs.
7. A review of the literature and proposal of guidelines for preoperative fasting to reduce the risk of aspiration of gastric contents during the perioperative period.
8. An important study that first delineated the biphasic pathogenesis of the response to acid aspiration. Pulmonary permeability changes were measured with a radiolabeling study in a murine model.
9. An excellent review of the topic in human medicine by a leading human critical care clinician.
10. An experimental study investigating various methods for the diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia, including transtracheal aspiration, transthoracic needle aspiration, catheter brush biopsy, and transbronchial biopsy.