上海市医疗急救中心曾对2000年院前急救过的病人进行疾病谱分析,结果发现,160例因噎食而呼救的病人中,84.5%是老年人,死亡率高达52%,居各危重病人死亡率之首。为什么会出现这种情况呢?主要是老年人由于脑动脉硬化,吞咽、咳嗽、咀嚼功能减退,在大口吞咽食物团时易发生噎食,一旦 The Shanghai Medical Emergency Center conducted a disease spectrum analysis of pre-hospital emergency patients in 2000 and found that 84.5% of the 160 patients who were swallowed for help were elderly and the mortality rate was as high as 52%, ranking among the critically ill patients First in mortality. Why this happens? Mainly because of the elderly because of cerebral arteriosclerosis, swallowing, coughing, masticatory decline, swallowing in the mouth swallowing food mass prone to food, once