Light-Emitting Diode Bulbs in Paediatric Airway- A Case Series

Light Emitting Diode (LED) Bulb Aspiration in Northern Ghana: A Case Report and Literature Review

“…Foreign body aspiration is a pediatric emergency which needs to be managed with initial resuscitation and early removal of foreign body via a bronchoscope [2,[5][6][7]. Many patients succumb to death before reaching any health facility equipped to perform rigid bronchoscopy.…”

“…This is our first case of LED bulb aspiration into the right main bronchus which we successfully retrieved by rigid bronchoscopy using advanced bronchoscope and imaging systems. LED bulb is a rare cause for tracheobronchial aspiration and only six cases have been reported in the literature so far with a total of 8 cases [5][6][7][8][9][10]. We reviewed the six published literature reports.…”

“…They reported 2 cases of LED bulb aspiration out of 74 cases of foreign body aspirations. The latest reported cases of LED bulb aspiration was in 2017 from France and India (Carsin, Baravalle-Einaudi, & Dubus, 2017;Sikdar et al, 2017).…”

“…Globally only six cases of LED bulb aspiration have been reported [5][6][7][8][9][10]. The gold standard for treatment of foreign body aspiration is rigid bronchoscopy.…”

Light emitting diode bulb aspiration in children: a rare entity

“…3,4 Approx 6 cases of LED bulb aspiration have been reported in literature till date. [5][6][7][8] Rigid bronchoscopy is gold standard for treatment of foreign body aspiration. [9][10][11] We report case of LED bulb aspiration in a 9 years male child which was managed by rigid bronchoscopy.…”