Pulmonary aspiration diseases

Pulmonary aspiration diseases comprise a broad spectrum of conditions that can occur related to aspiration of various contents. These include:

• according to content 
  • gastric acid aspiration: Mendelson syndrome
  • aspiration of partially-digested food
  • aspiration of water
    • near-drowning pulmonary edema
  • aspiration of mineral oils
    • exogenous lipoid pneumonia
      • acute exogenous lipoid pneumonia - fire eater's pneumonia
      • chronic exogenous lipoid pneumonia
  • foreign body aspiration
  • aspiration during fluoroscopic procedures
    • aspiration of barium (may result in pulmonary baritosis)
    • aspiration of Gastrografin
  • aspiration of meconium
• according to pathological changes - type of reaction
  • aspiration pneumonia
    • acute aspiration pneumonitis
    • chronic aspiration pneumonitis
  • aspiration bronchiolitis
  • obliterative bronchiolitis related to aspiration - gastro-esophageal reflux