The cause of death was stated as
aspiration pneumonitis.
(4) reported
aspiration pneumonitis after procedural sedation.
Development of
aspiration pneumonitis in overdose patients has been related to poor prognosis [10,11].
The ER team believed that this was blood related to a tongue laceration and suspected
aspiration pneumonitis given the radiographic findings consistent with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).
c) Radiological evidence of
aspiration pneumonitis (Atelectasis and/or hyperinflation).
Acute complications include acute respiratory failure, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), types I and II paralysis, intermediate syndrome (IMS), sudden cardiac death,
aspiration pneumonitis, and resecretions.
He had also developed
aspiration pneumonitis and chemical oesophagitis.
Another risk: If food and water haven't been withheld beforehand, the patient can vomit and inhale them into the lungs, and develop
aspiration pneumonitis.
Another risk: If food hasn't been withheld beforehand, the possibility of the patient's vomiting, then inhaling it into the lungs and developing
aspiration pneumonitis can occur.
Aspiration of gastric contents into the respiratory tract reportedly causes significant morbidity and mortality and is accepted as the key initiating event for
aspiration pneumonitis - a form of acute lung injury caused by the acidity of the gastric contents, and aspiration pneumonia - the consequence of the growth of pathogenic bacteria contained in the oropharynx aspirated into the tracheobronchial tree.
This may reduce the risk of
aspiration pneumonitis.
(7)
Aspiration pneumonitis, cardiac and neurological impairment are the other potential complications of drug overdose.