Lung abscess risk factors
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1];Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Ganti M.B.B.S. [2]
Overview
Factors resulting in altered level of consciousness and decreased immune response play a key role in the development of lung abscess includes alcoholism, diabetes mellitus, neurological disorder and bronchial obstruction.[1]
Risk Factors
Common Risk Factors
- Alcoholism[2]
- Seizure disorder
- Mechanical ventilation
- Decrease level of consciousness
- Neuromuscular disorders with bulbar dysfunction[3]
- Nocturnal aspiration [4]
- Bronchial obstruction
- Gingivo–dental sepsis
- Diabetes mellitus
- Immunosuppression[4]
Less Common Risk factors
Reference
- ↑ Pohlson EC, McNamara JJ, Char C, Kurata L (1985). “Lung abscess: a changing pattern of the disease”. Am. J. Surg. 150 (1): 97–101. PMID 4014575.
- ↑ Hagan JL, Hardy JD (1983). “Lung abscess revisited. A survey of 184 cases”. Ann. Surg. 197 (6): 755–62. PMC 1352910. PMID 6859981.
- ↑ Bartlett JG, Finegold SM (1974). “Anaerobic infections of the lung and pleural space”. Am. Rev. Respir. Dis. 110 (1): 56–77. doi:10.1164/arrd.1974.110.1.56. PMID 4834618.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Hirshberg B, Sklair-Levi M, Nir-Paz R, Ben-Sira L, Krivoruk V, Kramer MR (1999). “Factors predicting mortality of patients with lung abscess”. Chest. 115 (3): 746–50. PMID 10084487.
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