• Arch Pediatr · Mar 2000

    [Tracheobronchial foreign bodies].

    • L Donato, L Weiss, J Bing, and E Schwarz.
    • Service de pédiatrie 2, Hôpitaux universitaires de Strasbourg, France.
    • Arch Pediatr. 2000 Mar 1; 7 Suppl 1: 56S-61S.

    AbstractForty cases of children with an inhaled foreign body (FB) are reviewed over a three-year period. Clinical data, radiologic findings and complications are detailed. The nature and size of FBs are also reported. Diagnosis and management are discussed according to the most recent studies in the literature. Diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy is a useful first step when the diagnosis is unclear (i.e., choking history, unexplained respiratory symptoms), but FB removal is usually not possible during this procedure. Extraction is performed via the rigid bronchoscope under general anesthesia. However, FB could be removed with the flexible bronchoscope in five children in our study. Diagnosis and removal of an inhaled FB are required as quickly as possible in order to prevent respiratory sequelae (bronchiectasis). Prevention is based upon information to be given to families, but to the medical community as well, which often minimizes the seriousness of inhalation hazards.

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