Karetzky M S, Khan A U
Heart Lung. 1977 Mar-Apr;6(2):321-6.
Aspiration pneumonia is a form of ARDS resulting from an acid injury of the lung and is primarily a problem of arterial hypoxemia requiring adequate oxygen therapy. All other modes of therapy have not been shown to alter survival in man. In the otherwise healthy individual, immediate and long-term prognoses are excellent. However, in debilitated patients with significant underlying disease processes, rates of both immediate and delayed death are high. The late deaths reflect the significance of secondary infection due primarily to anaerobic organisms.
吸入性肺炎是急性呼吸窘迫综合征的一种形式，由肺部酸性损伤引起，主要是动脉低氧血症问题，需要充分的氧疗。尚未证明其他所有治疗方式能改变人类的生存率。在其他方面健康的个体中，近期和远期预后都很好。然而，在患有严重基础疾病的虚弱患者中，近期和延迟死亡率都很高。晚期死亡反映了主要由厌氧菌引起的继发性感染的严重性。
