LIPOID PNEUMONIA IN ADULTS
Authors: W A SODEMAN, B M STUART
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1946)

Article1 February 1946LIPOID PNEUMONIA IN ADULTSW. A. SODEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., B. M. STUART, M.D.W. A. SODEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, B. M. STUART, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-24-2-241 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThat the problem of lipoid pneumonia is not one primarily of infants and children is indicated by the marked increase in the number of cases reported in adults in the past five years,1which now equal in number those observed in infants.2, 3In 264 cases compiled from 1927 through 1942, Sweeney3found 133 in infants and children and 131 in adults. Hence, the condition is not as uncommon in adults as previously thought. Of these, only 44 could be definitely ascribed to the use of intranasal mineral oil. 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To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New Orleans, Louisiana*Received for publication April 3, 1945.From the Department of Preventive Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, and the Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byExogenous Lipoid PneumoniaConstipation in Long-Term CareAspiration hazard and consumer products:a review.Constipation and Fecal Incontinence in the Elderly PopulationIatrogene und exogen bedingte LungenerkrankungenCase 19-1977Respiratory SystemMineral Oil PneumoniaALBERT MILLER, M.D., RICHARD A. BADER, M.D., MORTIMER E. BADER, M.D., ALVIN S. TEIRSTEIN, M.D., IRVING J. SELIKOFF, M.D.Die PneumonienLIPOID PNEUMONIA IN A VETERANS HOSPITAL*HERBERT W. GREENIDGE, MORLEY J. 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