Foreign body aspiration: approach and therapeutic management

Autor: Andreia Mihaela Condrea, Liana Lupsa, Alina Corina Grama
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Romanian Journal of Pediatrics, Vol 71, Iss 3, Pp 144-147 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1454-0398
2069-6175
DOI: 10.37897/RJP.2022.3.4
Popis: Foreign body aspiration represents one of the main causes of rising morbidity and mortality in children, mostly for the toddlers’ category of age. Both acute and silenced manifestation of this phenomena determines an immediate attitude in the management of the child in question. We present you a clinical case of a 2 years and 8 months old patient, diagnosed with sunflower seed coat aspiration, through flexible bronchoscopy. The implemented treatment consisted in rigid bronchoscopy and extraction of the foreign body.
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