Death as a Consequence of Foreign Body Aspiration in Children

AIM: To analyze the rate of mortality in children with foreign body aspiration (FBA). METHODS: We outlined a retrospective review of hospital data of patients between 1971 and 2013. FBA occurring in children 0 year to 14 years was considered for inclusion (patient ages ranged from 0.6 to 15 years, w...

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Autores principales: Brkic, Fuad, Umihanic, Sekib, Altumbabic, Hasan, Ramas, Almedina, Salkic, Almir, Umihanic, Sefika, Mujic, Majda, Softic, Lejla, Zulcic, Sabrina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Academy of Medical Sciences of Bosnia and Herzegovina 2018
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6021165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30061771
http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/medarh.2018.72.220-223
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Sumario:AIM: To analyze the rate of mortality in children with foreign body aspiration (FBA). METHODS: We outlined a retrospective review of hospital data of patients between 1971 and 2013. FBA occurring in children 0 year to 14 years was considered for inclusion (patient ages ranged from 0.6 to 15 years, with a median age of 2.2 years). The gender structure within the investigated cases was 75.8% males and 24.2% females. During the study period, 772 patients undergoing rigid bronchoscopy with the diagnosis of FBA were included. Deaths on arrival were excluded. RESULTS: Total rate of mortality (for whole investigated period) was 0.785. For last fifteen years of the investigated period the rate of mortality was zero. CONCLUSION: For prevention of foreign body aspiration in children and its mortality should be taken two strategies: non-medical (alterations in product design and public education campaigns) and medical (education of medical staff and improvement of equipment).

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