Foreign Body in the Airway

Abstract

\s=b\Two hundred children aged 6 months to 12 years were admitted to the hospital with a foreign body in the airway. Food materials constituted 93% of all foreign bodies. A positive history of foreign body aspiration was obtained in 88% of the cases. The most common symptoms of

Management of tracheobronchial foreign body in children

“…It is also well known that a foreign body in the bronchial tree for a long time, even if small, may result in occlusion by edema or accumulated secretion thus contributing to occlusion of a major bronchus. In disagreement with our findings, Blazer et al [10] found 61.9% obstructive emphysema and only 12.5% atelectasis. Wiseman [13] comparing patients with early and late diagnosis found that half the early group had evidence of air trapping, and one-sixth had atelectasis or consolidation; in the late group almost half had atelectasis or consolidation.…”

Foreign body ingestion and inhalation in pediatric age: Our experience at a tertiary care hospital

“…Out of total 156 patients, 111 patients had foreign body in digestive tract and 45 patients in respiratory tract. This is in concordance with a lot of other studies in which foreign body is more common in digestive tract [17][18][19][20][21]. In our study male were more affected with M: F ratio of 1.3:1 which is similar to other studies [22][23][24].…”

Endoscopic procedures for removal of foreign bodies of the aerodigestive tract: The Bugando Medical Centre experience

“…In the present study, a positive history of foreign body in the aerodigestive tract was recorded in 93.9% of cases and 69.4% of these were found to be asymptomatic on admission which is comparable to other studies [1,8,9,16]. Cohen [21] has strongly advocated that all patients presenting with positive history of foreign body in the aerodigestive tract, even when the physical finding and radiological examinations is negative must be subjected to endoscopic evaluation.…”