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Aspiration, aspiration pneumonia (w/wo demonstrable pharyngeal dysmotility)

Last update 17/06/2026

May develop as a consequence of drug-induced ventilatory depression (see under IXd) (PMID 25076409) or pharyngeal dysmotility (PMID 27191923). May cause ARDS. Aspiration of food, pneumonia, lung abscess and empyema may occur as a complication of gastric banding (PMID 22673900). Drugs can erroneously access the tracheobronchial tree and lung causing a lung reaction (PMID 23147337), granulomas or the pill aspiration syndrome (PMID 8181371, 11948075, 23918109). Milk aspiration in children can be evidenced bys specific milk protein staining (PMID 20717909)

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Frequency - Incidence

Incidence of respiratory adverse event(s) due to the specific drug as assessed by number of reported/published cases in the literature. Red digits in stars indicate: 0 = Very rare, questionable signal · 1 = < 10 cases · 2 = 10-50 cases · 3 = 50–100 cases · 4 = 100-200 cases · 5 = >200 cases