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Query: UMLS:C0019079 (
hemoptysis
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Seventy-four transtracheal aspirations and expectorated sputum specimens were collected from a number of children with aspiration pneumonia. The aspirates were cultured for aerobic and anaerobic bacteria. Cultures obtained through
TTA
contained fewer pathogens than in cultures of expectorated sputum. Gram stains of
TTA
aspirates offered prompt presumptive bacteriologic diagnosis in 93% of patients, whereas Gram stains of expectorated sputum were not specific. The recovery of Gram-negative enteric rods in the
TTA
aspirate provided guidance in adding an aminoglycoside to the antimicrobial therapy in 35 children (47%). Side effects of
TTA
included mild
hemoptysis
and, in rare instances, subcutaneous emphysema. We found
TTA
to be a generally safe and useful procedure in the diagnosis and therapy of aspiration pneumonia in children.
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PMID:Percutaneous transtracheal aspiration in the diagnosis and treatment of aspiration pneumonia in children. 698 69
