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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2]

Overview

Risk Factors

Factors resulting in altered level of consciousness and decreased immune response play a key role in the development of lung abscess :

Common Risk Factors

  • Alcoholism[1]
  • Seizure disorder
  • Artificial ventilation
  • Coma
  • Neuromuscular disorders with bulbar dysfunction
  • Nocturnal aspiration
  • Bronchial obstruction
  • Gingivo-dental sepsis
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Immunosuppression

Less Common Risk factors

  • Drug abuse
  • Malnutrition
  • Mental retardation
  • Gastroesophageal reflux disease

Reference

  1. Hagan JL, Hardy JD (1983). "Lung abscess revisited. A survey of 184 cases". Ann. Surg. 197 (6): 755–62. PMC 1352910. PMID 6859981.


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