"Clinical presentation "
"Pathogenesis "
"It is named after the American obstetrician and cardiologist (dual certified) Curtis L Mendelson (1913-2002), who described it in 1946 2."
"The chemical burns and causes occlusion of bronchi and bronchioles damaging the epithelium typically leading to pulmonary oedema (ARDS). Secondary bacterial superinfection (aspiration pneumonia) may develop."
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"Clinical presentation "
"Pathogenesis "