Endobronchial metallic foreign body in a Nigerian child: management difficulties and the need for caution: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Endobronchial metallic foreign bodies are serious injuries best treated by rigid bronchoscopy as quickly as possible to avoid life threatening respiratory sequelae. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 13-year-old male Nigerian child of the tangale ethnic group who aspirated a me...

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Autores principales: Adoga, Adeyi A, Kokong, Daniel D, Ma’an, Nuhu D
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Case report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918479
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-7766
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description INTRODUCTION: Endobronchial metallic foreign bodies are serious injuries best treated by rigid bronchoscopy as quickly as possible to avoid life threatening respiratory sequelae. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 13-year-old male Nigerian child of the tangale ethnic group who aspirated a metallic foreign body, highlighting the “difficulties” encountered in managing this patient. CONCLUSIONS: There is a need to adequately equip our hospitals for the management of this otherwise straight forward case and alleviate the sufferings of our people. Parents and guardians should exercise caution in the handling of their children/wards.
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spelling pubmed-27693692009-11-16 Endobronchial metallic foreign body in a Nigerian child: management difficulties and the need for caution: a case report Adoga, Adeyi A Kokong, Daniel D Ma’an, Nuhu D Cases J Case report INTRODUCTION: Endobronchial metallic foreign bodies are serious injuries best treated by rigid bronchoscopy as quickly as possible to avoid life threatening respiratory sequelae. CASE PRESENTATION: We report the case of a 13-year-old male Nigerian child of the tangale ethnic group who aspirated a metallic foreign body, highlighting the “difficulties” encountered in managing this patient. CONCLUSIONS: There is a need to adequately equip our hospitals for the management of this otherwise straight forward case and alleviate the sufferings of our people. Parents and guardians should exercise caution in the handling of their children/wards. Cases Network Ltd 2009-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC2769369/ /pubmed/19918479 http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-7766 Text en © 2009 Adoga et al.; licensee Cases Network Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Endobronchial metallic foreign body in a Nigerian child: management difficulties and the need for caution: a case report
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title_full Endobronchial metallic foreign body in a Nigerian child: management difficulties and the need for caution: a case report
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title_full_unstemmed Endobronchial metallic foreign body in a Nigerian child: management difficulties and the need for caution: a case report
title_short Endobronchial metallic foreign body in a Nigerian child: management difficulties and the need for caution: a case report
title_sort endobronchial metallic foreign body in a nigerian child: management difficulties and the need for caution: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2769369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19918479
http://dx.doi.org/10.4076/1757-1626-2-7766
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