Foreign body aspiration in childhood is a common and life-threatening emergency. A 14-year-old male with history of mental retardation was transferred from another center to our hospital with diagnosis of foreign body aspiration. According to the anamnesis, he had been diagnosed with epilepsy a few years ago. Approximately 10 hours before admission, while at home, his parents had urgently place...

Asphyxiation by an inhaled foreign body is a leading cause of accidental death among children younger than 4 years. We analyzed the recent epidemiology of foreign body aspiration and reviewed the current trends in diagnosis and management. In this article, we discuss anesthetic management of bronchoscopy to remove objects. The reviewed articles total 12,979 pediatric bronchoscopies. Most aspira...

Foreign bodies [FB] in the bronchus are important causes of morbidity and mortality in paediatric age group and pose diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. Inert and smooth foreign bodies are prone for migration from one side to other due to minimal inflammatory process and easy mobility. Herein we are reporting a case of electric bulb aspiration which migrated from right main bronchus to left ...

Objective: The aim of this study is to report chest diseases hospital experience with foreign body aspiration in pediatric age group.
 Methods: We conducted a retrospective review the data all patients <18 years who underwent flexible and rigid bronchoscopy for suspected aspiration. Data was collected from national tertiary center Kuwait 2009 until 2015. A total 901 Foreign identified 4...

Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is a common, dangerous problem among children of all ages. Laryngeal foreign bodies may present with less severe symptoms compared to lower respiratory tract foreign bodies, resulting in misdiagnosis, confusion and delay. We present the case of a 20-month-old girl with laryngeal foreign body unrecognized for one year. She was treated for recurrent laryngitis and in...

A total of 36 patients with suspected foreign body (FB) of the oesophagus who underwent rigid endoscopy under general anaesthesia (GA) from January 2005 to March 2007 were reviewed. The majority of the patients were working adults in the 3rd to 5th decade of life. There was no foreign body in 33.3% of the patients. Co-morbidities were present in 33.3%. Morbidity and mortality from the procedure...

OBJECTIVE To identify risk factors for preoperative respiratory complications associated with tracheobronchial foreign body aspiration (TFBA) by retrospectively analysing paediatric cases presenting with or without complications. METHODS Paediatric patients who presented with TFBA and were admitted to hospital were enrolled in the study. Patients were divided into two groups based on occurren...

Introduction. Foreign body aspiration into tracheobronchial tree represents an urgent condition at high level of risk. Etiology is different, and this condition is typical for all ages with highest incidence in pediatric population. Case report. A successful foreign body removal (partial denture) in a 34-year old man was presented. Radiography and computerized tomography of the chest showed a f...

Impacted laryngeal foreign body could lead to catastrophic consequences if appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are not promptly instituted. A case of 4-year-old child who presented with a 4-day history of probable ingestion or aspiration of a pen part and history of occasional noisy breathing on exertion and swallowing is reported. On examination, the child appeared asymptomatic o...

Objective: Foreign body aspiration is a preventable cause of mortality and morbidity especially in younger than three years old children. The aim this study to determine the risk factors, causes prognosis patients with foreign aspiration. 
 Method: In study, laboratory examination findings 35 who underwent bronchoscopy, because suspected aspiration, were retrospectively analyzed.
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