Foreign body aspiration: an urgent airway condition

Cayenne aspiration: an unusual type of lower airway foreign-body aspiration

PURPOSE Cayenne aspiration is an unusual type of foreign-body aspiration that is usually misdiagnosed. This article analyzes the clinical features of cayenne aspiration in the lower airway. PATIENTS AND METHODS Clinical data on eight adult patients with cayenne aspiration were retrospectively analyzed. Six were elderly patients. The data were collected from Peking University First Hospital an...

Foreign body aspiration into the lower airway in Chinese adults.

OBJECTIVES Foreign body aspiration into the lower airway in adults is uncommon. We designed this study to investigate the clinical presentations, precipitating factors, management choice, and complications of foreign body aspiration in Chinese adults. PATIENTS AND METHODS We analyzed 43 consecutive adult patients with foreign body aspiration between February 1980 and December 1995 from the me...

An Enlarging Airway Foreign Body

A 25-year-old female patient presented with dry coughs of 20 days duration and fever for four days. Examination of respiratory system revealed no significant abnormality. Chest radiograph was normal. CT scan of the thorax revealed endobronchial opacity in the right main bronchus suggestive of a foreign body. Patient retrospectively recollected history of betel nut aspiration just prior to onset...

[Foreign body aspiration]

OBJECTIVE: To review the main publications on foreign body aspiration. SOURCES: A bibliographic search was carried out in Medline (1966-2000) and Lilacs (1979-1999), in Portuguese, Spanish and English, using the keywords "aspiration, foreign body, children, adolescents". SYNTHESIS OF DATA: The universal distribution of these accidents was confirmed. This condition is predominant in males (51.0-...

Pediatric foreign body aspiration.