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 ...

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 ...

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.

Suspected Foreign Body Inhalation in Children: What Are the Indications for Bronchoscopy? Cohen S, Avital A, Godfrey S, Gross M, Kerem E, Springer C J Pediatr . 2009;155:276-280.

A 14-year-old went to the emergency room after accidentally swallowing a quarter, which became lodged in his airway The New England Journal of Medicine A California teen underwent an emergency ...

"Airway foreign bodies—especially those in the trachea and larynx—necessitate immediate removal to reduce the risk of respiratory compromise," they wrote in the NEJM report.