Abstract:Microaspiration is normal in healthy people and contributes to most causes of pneumonia. In contrast, aspiration pneumonia arises after a macroaspiration event. The mortality rate for aspiration pneum...Microaspiration is normal in healthy people and contributes to most causes of pneumonia. In contrast, aspiration pneumonia arises after a macroaspiration event. The mortality rate for aspiration pneumonia is more than twice that of other pneumonias.[1][1] Risk factors include dysphagia and alteredRead More