“Can anesthesia cause pneumonia?”
I am a 28 year old male. I want to know if anesthesia can cause pneumonia?
4 Answers
anesthesia per se does not cause pneumonia. However, some complications related to anesthesia may cause pneumonia.
Short answer, yes. Reasons one can aspirate during general anesthesia, if one is under anesthesia a long time, one can get atelectasis and, if don’t expand lungs fully, can lead to pneumonia.
Yes. Aspiration Pneumonia is an anesthesia side effect due to full stomach. Also, you could develop bkp due to poor cough reflex after geta.
Anesthesia does not cause pneumonia, however, you could develop pneumonia as a complication from anesthesia.
