Foreign-body airway obstruction is a clinical emergency that may be life threatening. Nurses should be confident to assess the severity of airway obstruction, deliver interventions to relieve that ...

New data suggest mid/distal esophageal coin retention in kids often resolves without intervention — prompting reconsideration ...

Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is a potentially life-threatening event. The clinical presentation of a unilateral bronchial foreign body may be subtle, requiring careful clinical assessment and a ...

Subglottic airway foreign body in an 18-month-old girl Haoxiang Gu , Angela Vinturache , Guodong Ding CMAJ Oct 2022, 194 (39) E1351; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.220544 ...

A foreign body in the larynx is rare. If a foreign body of any appreciable size lodges in the larynx, the airway is obstructed and the patient dies promptly, before help can be given.

Foreign objects. Inhaling an object that blocks the airway is the fourth leading cause of unintentional death. This is more likely to happen in children, who have smaller airways, and people who ...

Foreign body removal. Bronchoscopy is the preferred interventional pulmonology procedure to remove inhaled foreign objects that are lodged in an airway.

A one-and-a-half-year-old toddler was rushed to a civil defense center in the Balqa Governorate Sunday evening after a stone got lodged in his airway, and swift first-aid was conducted to save his ...

Foreign-body airway obstruction is a clinical emergency that may be life threatening. Nurses should be confident to assess the severity of airway obstruction, deliver interventions to relieve that ...