Respiratory Aspiration

"Respiratory Aspiration" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Inhaling liquid or solids, such as stomach contents, into the RESPIRATORY TRACT. When this causes severe lung damage, it is called ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Respiratory Aspiration" by people in this website by year, and whether "Respiratory Aspiration" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 8 publications over 5 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2010 and 2014 and 2019
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