Aspiration: /aspə’rāSH(ə)n/ Noun An Ambiguous Term Used for a Diagnosis of Uncertainty

This article reviews the literature and classifies 13 distinct syndromes, grouped into 3 categories to help delineate the different disease states associated with pulmonary aspiration. Chronic anaerobic pulmonary infection should be most precisely referred to as anaerobic pneumonia. The commonly used term, aspiration pneumonia, is misleading to clinicians and should be abandoned.
Source: Clinical Pulmonary Medicine - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: Topics in Pulmonary Medicine Source Type: research