Open AccessForeign bodies of the airways in children
Author(s) -
I. K. Edikhanov
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj84093
Subject(s) - choking , foreign bodies , foreign body aspiration , respiratory distress , medicine , foreign body , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , surgery , anatomy
Aspiration of foreign bodies into the airways accounts for 3-5% of all cases of acute respiratory distress and is thus a relatively frequent problem in pediatric hospitals. The presence of a foreign body in the airways often causes recurrent attacks of choking and secondary inflammatory changes in the lungs. In typical cases, diagnosis is not difficult. Important anamnestic findings are the child's parents' references to aspiration of an object by the child.