Frequency and Types of Foreign Body Airway in Children

Aim: To determine the frequency and types of airways foreign body in children undergoing bronchoscopy. Study Design: Cross-sectional/descriptive study Place Duration Study: Department ENT, Sheikh Zayed University Medical College Khost Province Afghanistan from 1st January 2018 to 31st March 2021. Methodology: Ninety patients both genders aged between 6 months 15 years were enrolled. Patient’s details demographics like age, sex weight recorded after taking informed consent patient’s guardian. Patients with aspiration presented within weeks aspiration. subjected rigid bronchoscopy under general anaesthesia doing chest X-ray. Clinical radiological findings observed among all cases. Results: Mean age was 4.52±6.35 years. Sixty five (72.22%) males 25 (27.8%) females. time interval admission hospital 1.04±0.9 weeks. The right main bronchus most common site 50 (55.55%) followed by left 35 (38.9%), trachea found 5 (5.55%). Most retrieved pine nut (Chilgoza) 77 (85.6%) peanut (5.56%), seeds 4 (4.4%), whistle 2 (2.2%) stone pieces Conclusion: Foreign male is more common, mainly four It has been during that commonly lodged bronchus. nut. Keywords: Children, Pine (Chilgoza), Tracheobronchial, Rigid bronchoscopy,