Covert inhalation of tablet causing fatal pneumonia.
Inhalation of foreign bodies is usually associated with acute respiratory symptoms. We report a case of an elderly woman who died from pneumonia due to covert tablet inhalation. Clinicians caring for the elderly should consider this as a possible cause for pneumonia which fails to respond to usual therapy.
Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Birmingham, UK.
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Hill
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Main
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Fuggle
D000368:Aged; D001980:Bronchi; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D001239:Inhalation; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology*; D013607:Tablets
D013607:Tablets