Woah, nice, thanks for all that research! Yeah, it looks pretty much just how you described it. So, my statement, “no research backs it up” was wrong—there was research in the 70s and 80s that DID indicate it, so there WAS evidence. Thus, this is a case of “Old ideas in the process of getting overturned… maybe” and not “people doing it without science backing it up”.
I don’t have access to UpToDate here (because they recently skyrocketed their prices so my school is switching), so I only read emedicine.
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I can only read the abstracts, and nothing from the 70s article, so this input is limited. That said, the 80s article seemed to look at all aspiration pneumonias (most of which was are caused by chronic aspiration), while my professor’s point was specifically about one-time aspiration (i.e. aspirating vomit). I did not make that distinction clear in my OP.
So, you’re right, though I wanted to defend my professor, because I think his point might still stand, though my post did not present the full story. I’d look more into the research, but I probably won’t find the time. Yvain’s a real trooper for wading through all those articles.
Woah, nice, thanks for all that research! Yeah, it looks pretty much just how you described it. So, my statement, “no research backs it up” was wrong—there was research in the 70s and 80s that DID indicate it, so there WAS evidence. Thus, this is a case of “Old ideas in the process of getting overturned… maybe” and not “people doing it without science backing it up”.
I don’t have access to UpToDate here (because they recently skyrocketed their prices so my school is switching), so I only read emedicine.
EDIT: I can only read the abstracts, and nothing from the 70s article, so this input is limited. That said, the 80s article seemed to look at all aspiration pneumonias (most of which was are caused by chronic aspiration), while my professor’s point was specifically about one-time aspiration (i.e. aspirating vomit). I did not make that distinction clear in my OP. So, you’re right, though I wanted to defend my professor, because I think his point might still stand, though my post did not present the full story. I’d look more into the research, but I probably won’t find the time. Yvain’s a real trooper for wading through all those articles.