Citation

Hill SN, Main AN, Fuggle WJ. Postgrad. Med. J. 1988; 64(747): 66-67.

Affiliation

Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Birmingham, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3420061

PMCID

PMC2428761

Abstract

Inhalation of foreign bodies is usually associated with acute respiratory symptoms. We report a case of an elderly woman who died from pneumonia due to covert tablet inhalation. Clinicians caring for the elderly should consider this as a possible cause for pneumonia which fails to respond to usual therapy.

Language: en