Foreign body ingestion in a pediatric patient: Report of case and review of ingestion\aspiration incident management
| Autor: | Deepti V. Balehosur, KB Roopa, Sidhant Pathak, P Poornima |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Larynx
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry General surgery digestive oral and skin physiology Airway obstruction medicine.disease Surgery stomatognathic diseases Pediatric patient medicine.anatomical_structure stomatognathic system Incident management Accidental Medicine Ingestion Foreign body business Foreign Body Ingestion |
| Zdroj: | International Dental & Medical Journal of Advanced Research - VOLUME 2015. 1:1-3 |
| ISSN: | 2455-2577 |
| Popis: | Foreign body, if struck in trachea during ingestion, is a life-threatening emergency situation. Sometimes these aspirated objects stick into larynx causing airway obstruction. Many dental objects have been reported to be ingested such as dental bridges and fi les. Precautionary measures have to be taken to avoid ingestion or aspiration of foreign bodies especially in children, which are used during dental procedures. The aim of this paper is to describe the accidental ingestion of orthodontic band material used for space maintainer and to draw attention about accidental foreign body ingestion/aspiration and its management. |
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