Abstract

1. Abstract

1.1. Background

Digestive endoscopy is an important test for early cancer screening. The most serious complication during the examination was aspiration pneumonia. However, these patients currently do not receive much attention.

1.2. Case Report

A woman was brought to the Emergency Department because of fever. Chest computed tomography revealed consolidation of the lower left lung, so the patient was diagnosed with aspiration pneumonia after anesthesia digestive endoscopy. we collected Bronchoalveolar lavage (BALF) for testing of metagenomic next generation sequencing (mNGS). The result of mNGS was normal. After 7 days of medical treatment, the pneumonia subsided.