Tracheobronchial foreign bodies in children: importance of accurate history and plain chest radiography in delayed presentation

Tokar B., Ozkan R., Ilhan H.

CLINICAL RADIOLOGY, vol.59, no.7, pp.609-615, 2004 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 59 Issue: 7
  • Publication Date: 2004
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.crad.2004.01.006
  • Journal Name: CLINICAL RADIOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.609-615
  • Keywords: foreign bodies, in air and food passages, trachea, stenosis or obstruction, bronchi, children, respiratory system, radiography, infants and children, MANAGEMENT, DIAGNOSIS, BODY, COMPLICATIONS, ASPIRATION, PITFALLS
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

AIM: To evaluate the factors associated with delayed diagnosis of foreign body aspiration (FBA) in children and to compare clinical, radiological and bronchoscopic findings in the patients with suspected FBA.