Computed tomography findings of aspiration pneumonia in 53 patients

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 580-585

  Komiya, Kosaku ^a,b   Ishii, Hiroshi ^a   Umeki, Kenji ^a,b   Kawamura, Tadao ^b   Okada, Fumito ^a   Okabe, Eiji ^b   Murakami, Junji ^c   Kato, Yukio ^b   Matsumoto, Bunroku ^b   Teramoto, Shinji ^d   Johkoh, Takeshi ^e   Kadota, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Tenshindo Hetsugi Hospital   (Japan)

^c ASO IIZUKA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^e Kinki Central Hospital of Mutual Association of Public School Teachers   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspiration pneumonia; Computed tomography; Dysphagia; Elderly; Performance status

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FLUOROGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; VIDEOFLUOROGRAPHY;

ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; ELDERLY; PERFORMANCE STATUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84880035235     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2012.00940.x     Document Type: Article

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