Foreign Body Aspiration as a Cause of Hemoptysis

[Foreign body aspiration]

OBJECTIVE: To review the main publications on foreign body aspiration. SOURCES: A bibliographic search was carried out in Medline (1966-2000) and Lilacs (1979-1999), in Portuguese, Spanish and English, using the keywords "aspiration, foreign body, children, adolescents". SYNTHESIS OF DATA: The universal distribution of these accidents was confirmed. This condition is predominant in males (51.0-...

Pediatric foreign body aspiration.

Multiple foreign body aspiration.

To cite: Goussard P, Morrison JL, Nadine Appel I, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2017219248 DESCRIPTION A baby girl aged 3 years 8 months presented 8 months earlier with a history of cough and tight chest for 3 days prior to admission. On chest examination, the child had bilateral wheezing, was mildly distressed and had reduced air entry on...

Diagnosis of Foreign Body Aspiration in 74 Children

SUMMARY‏ Foreign body aspiration can be life treatening if it causes acute airway obstruction. For diagnosis the physician must ask for a detailed history and perform physical examination. In this research 74 cases of foreign body aspiration in children between 18 months and 16 Years old are reviewed. These patients came to E.N. T department of Shaheed Rahnemoon Hospital of Yazd for a period o...

Massive hemoptysis associated with foreign body removal.

Exsanguinating hemoptysis accompanied removal of an endobronchial foreign body in a 12-year-old child. Preparations to treat this complication should be made prior to removal of any foreign body of prolonged sojourn in the tracheobronchial tree.