Stridor in a child: It's diagnostic challenges

INTRODUCTION: Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is an extremely serious life threatening condition in infants and children. CASE REPORT: We are reporting a case of multiple foreign bodies lodged in respiratory tract in an infant. DISCUSSION: FBA is the most common cause of accidental death among infants...

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Autor principal: Aihole, Jayalaxmi Shripati
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7029159/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32099784
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101011
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Sumario:INTRODUCTION: Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is an extremely serious life threatening condition in infants and children. CASE REPORT: We are reporting a case of multiple foreign bodies lodged in respiratory tract in an infant. DISCUSSION: FBA is the most common cause of accidental death among infants and toddlers. CONCLUSION: History suggestive of or even suspicion of FBA is enough for subjecting the child for further confirmatory test such as rigid endoscopy in spite of negative imaging modalities.

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