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Review
. 2015 Aug;25(3):301-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.thorsurg.2015.04.011.

Acute Intraoperative Pulmonary Aspiration

Katie S Nason  1
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Review

Acute Intraoperative Pulmonary Aspiration

Katie S Nason. Thorac Surg Clin. 2015 Aug.

Abstract

Acute intraoperative aspiration is a potentially fatal complication with significant associated morbidity. Patients undergoing thoracic surgery are at increased risk for anesthesia-related aspiration, largely due to the predisposing conditions associated with this complication. Awareness of the risk factors, predisposing conditions, maneuvers to decrease risk, and immediate management options by the thoracic surgeon and the anesthesia team is imperative to reducing risk and optimizing patient outcomes associated with acute intraoperative pulmonary aspiration. Based on the root-cause analyses that many of the aspiration events can be traced back to provider factors, having an experienced anesthesiologist present for high-risk cases is also critical.

Keywords: Anesthesia; Aspiration; Intraoperative complications; Intratracheal; Pneumonia; Prevention and control; Respiratory aspiration of gastric contents.

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