Browse the corpus

Walk the evidence base by book and chapter — the raw source passages that ground Ask, Differential, and the rest.

1 passage

abstractpubmed· Abstract 2015· item PMID:25638190

Lipoid pneumonia - an unusual cause of acute respiratory distress syndrome. BACKGROUND: Lipoid pneumonia is a rare form of pneumonia caused by aspiration of fatty substances. CASE CHARACTERISTICS: Acute respiratory distress syndrome in an infant due to accidental aspiration of baby oil massage. INTERVENTION: Large volume bronchoalveolar lavage. OUTCOME: Gradual recovery over a period of 5 months. MESSAGE: Aspiration of lipids cause prolonged and refractory hypoxemia.