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Categories: Health issues in pregnancy, Syndromes affecting the respiratory system, Pneumonia
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aspiration pneumonitis  Mendelson's syndrome  Chemical pneumonitis  Mendelson syndrome  pneumonitis due to inhalation of food or vomitus
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Mendelson's syndrome, named in 1946 for American obstetrician and cardiologist Curtis Lester Mendelson, is a form of chemical pneumonitis or aspiration pneumonitis caused by aspiration of stomach contents during anaesthesia in childbirth. Wikipedia
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Mendelson's syndrome, named in 1946 for American obstetrician and cardiologist Curtis Lester Mendelson, is a form of chemical pneumonitis or aspiration pneumonitis caused by aspiration of stomach contents during anaesthesia in childbirth. Wikipedia
Chemical pneumonitis or aspiration pneumonitis caused by aspiration during anaesthesia, especially during pregnancy Wikidata