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Aspiration pneumonia in a trauma case

Case contributed by Dayu Gai , 7 Sep 2014
Diagnosis almost certain
Changed by Yusra Sheikh, 10 Sep 2020

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This 18 year old male was a frontFront passenger when histhe car he was in, hit a stationary pole. The passenger was ejected from the car, lost consciousness and was intubated while in the ambulance.A CT trauma series was performed.

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