Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu khoa học ngành y học tạp chí Medical Sciences dành cho các bạn sinh viên ngành y tham khảo đề tài: Foreign body aspirations in Infancy: a 20-year experience. | Int. J. Med. Sci. 2009 6 322 International Journal of Medical Sciences 2009 6 6 322-328 Ivyspring International Publisher. All rights reserved Research Paper Foreign body aspirations in Infancy a 20-year experience Nader Saki 1 2 Soheila Nikakhlagh 1 2 H Fakher Rahim 3 Hassan Abshirini 2 1. Apadana Clinical Research Center Apadana hospital Ahwaz Iran 2. Departments of ENT Imam Hospital Ahwaz Jondishapour University of Medical Sciences Ahwaz Iran 3. Research deputy Ahwaz Jondishapour University of Medical Sciences Ahwaz Iran H Correspondence to Soheila Nikakhlagh Department of ENT Imam Hospital Ahwaz Jondishapour University of Medical Sciences Ahwaz Iran. nsaki_Ir@ Tel 98-677-3775007 Fax 98-67-3772027 Received Accepted Published Abstract Objective Foreign body aspirations comprise the majority of accidental deaths in childhood. Diagnostic delay may cause an increase in mortality and morbidity in cases without acute respiratory failure. We report our diagnostic and compare the relevant studies available in literature to our results. Methods In our Hospital bronchoscopy was performed on 1015 patients with the diagnosis of foreign body aspirations from 1998 to 2008 . Of these cases were male and female. Their ages ranged from 2 months to 9 years mean years . Diagnosis was made on history physical examination radiological methods and bronchoscopy. Results Foreign bodies were localized in the right main bronchus in 560 patients followed by leftmain bronchus in 191 trachea in 173 vocal cord in 75 and both bronchus in 16 . Foreign body was not found during bronchoscopy in 48 cases . The majority of the foreign bodies were seeds. Foreign bodies were removed with bronchoscopy in all cases. Pneumonia occurs in only 29 1015 patients out of our cases. Conclusion Rigid bronchoscopy is very effective procedure for inhaled foreign body removal with fewer complications. Proper use of .
