Airway foreign bodies in pediatric patients: anatomic location of foreign body affects complications and outcomes

Abstract

The in-hospital mortality rate for airway foreign bodies is 2.5 %. The anatomic location of airway FB in pediatric patients varies by age, and affects the need for mechanical ventilation and in-hospital mortality.

Morbidity and mortality in children undergoing bronchoscopy for foreign body removal

“…The mortality rate in this group was 0.3%, lower than previously reported by Johnson et al, who found a 2.5% mortality rate using the KID for 2003 to 2012. This was reviewed for a diagnosis of an AFB using International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision codes, so this group would have included patients who had not undergone bronchoscopy . Foltran et al's meta‐analysis of AFBs in children reported a pooled proportion of mortality of 0.062 9 ; again, this did not include only children undergoing removal of the AFB by bronchoscopy.…”

“…Symptoms can be absent or nonspecific. Almost 2,000 children are admitted yearly to US hospitals for this diagnosis, and the mortality rate has been reported to be up to 2.5% . Bronchoscopy is the only way to rule out an airway foreign body as chest radiographs can be normal .…”

Awareness of the first aid management of foreign body aspiration among students: A cross-sectional study

“…[67] Other complications include neurologic disability, recurrent pneumonia, pulmonary abscess, and bronchiectasis. [8910]…”

“…[8] The National Safety Council identified the rate of fatal and nonfatal choking among American children in the general population as 0.43 and 20.4/100,000 population, respectively. [11]…”

Cuerpo extraño en la vía aérea en la edad pediátrica

“…Puede manifestarse con fiebre, tos crónica, hemoptisis, neumonía y atelectasias [9]. LOCALIZACIÓN Dentro de la vía aérea los síntomas van a depender de las diferentes localizaciones [1, 2, 9, 10]:…”