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Aspiration pneumonia results from inhalation of stomach contents or secretions of the oropharynx leading to lower respiratory tract infection. In many healthy adults, very small quantities of aspiration occur frequently but the normal defence mechanisms (cough, lung cilia) remove the material with no ill effects. However aspiration may cause:1
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