Bronchoscopic removal of inhaled foreign bodies in children.

Anesthesia for removal of inhaled foreign bodies in children.

BACKGROUND Foreign body aspiration may be a life-threatening emergency in children requiring immediate bronchoscopy under general anesthesia. Both controlled and spontaneous ventilation techniques have been used during anesthesia for bronchoscopic foreign body removal. There is no prospective study in the literature comparing these two techniques. This prospective randomized clinical trial was ...

Anesthesia for removal of inhaled foreign bodies in children

Background: Foreign body aspiration may be a life-threatening emergency in children requiring immediate bronchoscopy under general anesthesia. Both controlled and spontaneous ventilation techniques have been used during anesthesia for bronchoscopic foreign body removal. There is no prospective study in the literature comparing these two techniques. This prospective randomized clinical trial was...

Pediatric Pulmonology 34:30–36 (2002) Foreign Body Aspiration: What Is the Outcome?

Undiagnosed and retained foreign bodies may result in serious complications such as pneumonia, atelectasis, or bronchiectasis. We reviewed a total of 174 children with foreign body aspiration (FBA). Clinical, radiological, and bronchoscopic findings of these patients were evaluated according to the nature of foreign body and elapsed time from aspiration to diagnosis. Significant differences wer...

Manual Jet Ventilation Using Manujet III for Bronchoscopic Airway Foreign Body Removal in Children

Rigid Bronchoscopic Removal of Multiple Airway Foreign Bodies

Despite new equipment, such as the Hopkins rod-lens telescopes and optical forceps, foreign bodies in the airway continue to present a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to the endoscopist. Airway foreign bodies are more common in children than adults and frequently, the patient may have aspirated more than one foreign body or the original foreign body fragments into pieces. Vegetable matter ...