OBSTRUCTION of the upper respiratory airway due to laryngopharyngeal paralysis is frequent in acute poliomyelitis, extensive polyneuritis, head injuries, myasthenic crises or coma induced by drug ...

Adding Dye to Enteral Formula Not Effective in Detecting Pulmonary Aspiration Metheny NA, Dahms TE, Stewart BJ, et al. Efficacy of dye-stained enteral formula in detecting pulmonary aspiration. Chest.

This study was performed to determine the clinical importance, incidence, and early identifying features of infection occuring in children in the first 48 hr after severe acute lung injury from ...

George H. Karam, Frank M. Griffin, Jr. Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis occurs predominantly in individuals who are neutropenic or who have severe defects in cell-mediated immunity. The isolation of ...

Background: C reactive protein (CRP) is a major acute-phase plasma protein displaying rapid and pronounced rise of its serum concentration in response to infection or tissue injury. CRP is usually ...