International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology
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During the years 1969-1981 57 children with inhaled foreign bodies in the tracheobronchial tree were treated at Turku University Hospital. Of the patients 91% had a history of foreign body inhalation and 25% had a radiopaque foreign body which was seen in the X-ray of the chest. ⋯ The foreign body was removed by bronchoscopy from all the patients but one, who required a segmentectomy due to a fragment of a spike in the lung parenchyma. The patients presented no major complications, and they were all discharged from the hospital in good condition.
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Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. · Jul 1983
Case ReportsLaryngeal stenosis following papillomatosis--a report of three severe cases.
Three cases of severe laryngeal papillomatosis beginning in early childhood are presented. Several methods of treatment were tried, but lasting results were achieved by suction diathermy. The laryngeal lumen was totally obliterated in all cases during the course of the disease. ⋯ All patients were successfully decannulated. The results of treatment are evaluated both clinically and by ventilatory function studies. Central airway obstruction persisted in two cases.
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Int. J. Pediatr. Otorhinolaryngol. · Apr 1983
Comparative StudyAn evaluation of the use of the auditory brain-stem electric response test in paediatric audiological assessment.
A retrospective study was made of hearing thresholds determined by the click-evoked Brain Stem Electric Response (BSER) and behavioural tests of hearing in 200 babies and children. BSER thresholds were found to agree within 20 dB with high frequency hearing levels in 89 out of 99 children who performed free-field tests of hearing and in 87% of ears in children tested with pure-tone audiometry. ⋯ The majority of these losses occurred in the handicapped group. The advantages and limitations of behavioural tests and BSER are discussed.