Unusual Case of Fatal Suffocation Due to Balloon Aspiration in a 23-Month-Old Infant

Foreign body aspiration is a serious medical emergency and the fifth leading cause of accidental injury-related fatalities. This case involves a 23-month-old infant who aspirated two latex balloons and developed cardiac arrest during balloon extraction. He was revived, but a CT scan revealed hypoxic...

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Autores principales: ALnami, Mohammed Y, Sumayli, Taher M, Hakami, Jalal A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9830963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36636550
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32398
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Sumario:Foreign body aspiration is a serious medical emergency and the fifth leading cause of accidental injury-related fatalities. This case involves a 23-month-old infant who aspirated two latex balloons and developed cardiac arrest during balloon extraction. He was revived, but a CT scan revealed hypoxic encephalopathy.

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