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Foreign body in the airway: A review of 202 cases
Author(s) -
Kim In Guk,
Brummitt W. M.,
Humphry A.,
Siomra S. W.,
Wallace W. B.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-197303000-00004
Subject(s) - foreign body , medicine , pneumonia , airway , foreign body aspiration , triad (sociology) , asthma , intensive care medicine , foreign bodies , pediatrics , surgery , psychology , psychoanalysis
Foreign body in the tracheobronchial tree is serious and, on occasion, fatal. The symptoms and signs can be confused with asthma and pneumonia, leaving the true condition unsuspected. Children one to three years old with a triad of cough, wheezing and decreased air entry should be suspected. A child with protracted pneumonia should be reconsidered. Chest films in the expiratory phase should be taken. In no other operative procedure is it more important to have teamwork and good communication between endoscopist and anesthesiologist, when the diagnosis is made.