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INHALED FOREIGN BODIES IN CHILDHOOD: A REVIEW OF 230 CASES
Author(s) -
Pyman Clive
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb87440.x
Subject(s) - foreign body , larynx , medicine , bronchus , foreign body aspiration , foreign bodies , left main bronchus , pediatrics , bronchoscopy , surgery , respiratory disease , lung
A review is presented of 230 cases of inhaled foreign body in children. In 20 cases it was in the larynx, in 13 in the trachea and in 197 in a bronchus. Four‐fifths of the patients were aged less than four years. In relation to the diagnosis of an inhaled foreign body, the importance of a high index of suspicion is stressed. The management of these patients is discussed.