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Foreign Body Aspiration – A Potentially Life-Threatening Complication of Seizures

In adults, foreign body aspiration is an uncommon clinical presentation. Aspiration can occur during a seizure and in the post-ictal period due to the loss of airway reflexes. Commonly aspirated contents include saliva, blood, or vomited gastric contents. Due to a common misconception that placing a...

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Autores principales: Redant, Dean, Mahomed, Zeyn, Beringer, Craig
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7719500/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33304684
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.11349