Open AccessTracheobronchial Foreign Body Aspirations
Author(s) -
Jai Kumar Mahajan,
Kirti Kumar Rathod,
Monika Bawa,
K. L. N. Rao
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of bronchology and interventional pulmonology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1944-6586
pISSN - 1948-8270
DOI - 10.1097/lbr.0b013e31822386a4
Subject(s) - medicine , pathognomonic , choking , bronchoscopy , foreign body , foreign body aspiration , incidence (geometry) , forceps , respiratory distress , pediatrics , surgery , physics , disease , optics , anatomy
Foreign body aspirations (FBA) in the tracheobronchial tree must be suspected in children who present with a witnessed history of choking or respiratory distress of sudden onset and asymmetric breath sounds, even in the absence of pathognomonic radiographic findings. This study reviews our experience with a variety of FBA and outlines the salient differences in the literature.