Journal of pediatric surgery
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Aspiration of foreign bodies remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in childhood. The aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive diagnostic value of clinical signs and symptoms, the history, and the radiology to perform early diagnosis and therapy. ⋯ A choking crisis in the child's history should alert physicians to the possibility of a foreign body aspiration. In the present series, complications always were related to the diagnostic delay.