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Disease aspiration pneumonia
Phenotype C0162429|malnutrition
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PubMedID- 23758693 Schindler and bouchard [7,15] report that individuals with malnutrition are at risk of aspiration pneumonia whilst marik and kaplan [16] report that decreased immune system activity as a result of aging may be an influencing factor in aspiration pneumonia.
PubMedID- 26360380 For oral function, chewing and swallowing disorders are prevalent in the frail elderly, and can cause serious problems such as malnutrition, dehydration, declining quality of diet and aspiration pneumonia [55].
PubMedID- 21331376 The process is further complicated when speech is affected, and swallowing becomes difficult with malnutrition and risk of developing aspiration pneumonia.

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