Diagnostic and therapeutic value of endoscopy in foreign body aspiration in children / 中国小儿急救医学

Asphyxiation by an inhaled foreign body is a leading cause of accidental death among children younger than three years.The species of foreign body aspiration are many and varied.Immediately after inhalation the child starts to cough,wheeze,or have laboured breathing.The clinical manifestation will be different when foreign body stays in different part of bronchial tree.It's extremely easy to cause misdiagnosis.No matter whether aspiration or not,bronchoscopy should be taken.The bronchoscopy is not only the means of diagnosis,and removes the foreign body at the same time which helps to treat timely.

Analysis of diagnosis and management of children with foreign bodies in the larynx and trachea / 中华急诊医学杂志

0.5). However, when the flexible bronchoscope was used, foreign bodies dropped into the esophagus in 5 patients. Conclusion The characteristic manifestations was not frequent in the patients with larynx and trachea foreign bodies.History of aspiration was the most sensitive diagnostic tool. The plain chest radiography and fluoroscopy had low positive finding.Therefore, fiberoptic bronchoscopic examination should be performed timely.However, for extraction of foreign bodies, rigid bronchoscope would be the first choice.