{"title":"Strategies to prevent aspiration-related pneumonia in tube-fed patients.","authors":"Norma A Metheny","doi":"10.1016/j.rcc.2006.09.007","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>It is improbable that aspiration and aspiration-pneumonia can be entirely prevented, but application of one or more of the strategies described in this article probably can reduce these potentially life threatening conditions. Fortunately, many of these strategies are relatively easy and inexpensive to incorporate into routine care.</p>","PeriodicalId":79530,"journal":{"name":"Respiratory care clinics of North America","volume":"12 4","pages":"603-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2006-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"3","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Respiratory care clinics of North America","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcc.2006.09.007","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
It is improbable that aspiration and aspiration-pneumonia can be entirely prevented, but application of one or more of the strategies described in this article probably can reduce these potentially life threatening conditions. Fortunately, many of these strategies are relatively easy and inexpensive to incorporate into routine care.