2021
DOI: 10.1155/2021/8830802
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Recurrent Respiratory Tract Infection in a 24-Year-Old Female Secondary to a Foreign Body Aspiration

Abstract: Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is a common problem necessitating prompt recognition and early treatment to minimize the potentially severe and sometimes fatal consequences. We presented a 24-year-old girl who was admitted for chronic cough and recurrent pneumonia associated with constitutional symptoms. She was feverish with a temperature of 39°C and had tachycardia and tachypnoea with an oxygen saturation of 98%. Investigations revealed leukocytosis. CXR showed right lower lobe consolidation, and CT thorax dem… Show more

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“…4,5,7 Most of the foreign bodies in children are organic materials, and most of them lodge in one of the bronchi. 2,7,8 However, ours was a plastic material, lodged in proximal trachea. It is generally accepted that the longer a foreign body is in, the more distally it is likely to lodge.…”
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“…4,5,7 Most of the foreign bodies in children are organic materials, and most of them lodge in one of the bronchi. 2,7,8 However, ours was a plastic material, lodged in proximal trachea. It is generally accepted that the longer a foreign body is in, the more distally it is likely to lodge.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…An airway foreign body may be dealt with in a variety of ways, including flexible bronchoscopy, rigid bronchoscopy, tracheotomy/tracheostomy, thoracotomy/bronchotomy, and sometimes resection of a lobe damaged by a long‐standing object. 3 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 There have been reports of good success rates of removal via flexible bronchoscopy alone, especially in adults. 5 However (and especially in children), rigid bronchoscopy is generally considered the mainstay of treatment, and offers a direct vision and feel, good‐sized instrumentation, a chance to tamponade possible bleed, a step‐up for failed flexible bronchoscopy: all with a secured airway with ongoing ventilation.…”
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