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Medical Care for the Elderly Aspiration and Aspiration Pneumonia JMAJ 46(1): 12–18, 2003 Tsuyoshi NAGATAKE Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University Abstract: It is not rare for aspiration to occur in association with a severe parox- ysm of coughing in elderly people. In such cases, a depressed cough reflex may result in severe aspiration pneumonia. Aspiration becomes clinically evident when the patient chokes or has a fit of coughing during a meal. In co