BACKGROUND: Airway foreign bodies (AFBs) is an interdisciplinary area between
emergency medicine, pediatrics and otolaryngology. It is a life-threatening condition that is …

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 …

Tracheobronchial injury is a rare but a potentially high-impact event with significant
morbidity and mortality. Common etiologies include blunt or penetrating trauma and …

BACKGROUND: Very recently, some attempts have been made to start a systematic
collection of foreign bodies (FB) in view of using them to characterize the risk of chocking in …

OBJECTIVE: This study sought to summarize the experience of diagnosis and treatment of
tracheobronchial foreign bodies in children to effectively reduce complications and mortality …

Objectives To examine the sensitivity and specificity of history, physical examination, and
radiologic studies as predictors of foreign body aspiration in children. Study Design Case …

Aim: To analyze the rate of mortality in children with foreign body aspiration (FBA). Methods:
We outlined a retrospective review of hospital data of patients between 1971 and 2013. FBA …

Aim: Foreign bodies ingested by the oral route enter into the gastrointestinal tract and are
considered a significant health problem in the childhood. In this study, we evaluated the …

Background/purpose The aims of this study were to describe our experience in the
management of FB aspiration in children, focusing on the eventual association between …

INTRODUCTION: Foreign body aspiration is a serious condition during childhood that
requires prompt management to avoid complications and irreversible lung injury. Rigid …