A Case of Bipolar Affective Disorder and Aspiration Pneumonia

Adults with mental illness are at a higher risk of aspiration pneumonia than the general population. We describe the case of a patient with bipolar affective disorder and two separate episodes of aspiration pneumonia associated with acute mania. We propose that he had multiple predisposing factors,...

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Main Authors: Alessandro Gerada, Gaetano Dell'Erba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Psychiatry
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/360348
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