title: Pulmonary aspiration and lung injury.
abstract: Lung injury after aspiration, although very rare, is a feared and potentially devastating sequela after anaesthesia. This paper summarizes the most recent studies in aspiration lung injury focusing on its clinical epidemiology, new insights in its pathophysiology and innovative concepts in its prevention and therapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Petroz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lerman