Foreign body (in the respiratory tract)

Children between 6 months and 3 years of age often get find themselves struggling with a foreign body in the respiratory tract. Symptoms are spasmodic coughing and sudden stridor in both inspiratory and expiratory.

A chest X-ray in inhalation and maximum exhalation and a fiberoptic nasopharyngoscopy should be performed. It is important to remove the foreign body.

Source: Mediserve‘s Medical Emergencies in Pediatrics.

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