This is an event Very common in pediatric age. It is manifested by coughing and reduced vesicular murmur. The medical history is usually indicative, along with the picture that can occur:
- With little symptomatology In the presence of more or less severe impairment of consciousness
- Inability to phonation and breathing, hypersalivation and inspiratory stridor if the body foreign is food, which obstructs the airway.
The diagnostic approach is avails from the chest X-ray in lateral projection and inhalation and exhalation. Only in 20% of cases can the foreign body be observed, but The objective of the investigation is to understand what the consequences are functional.
Therapy
The therapy consists of. By:
- Foreign body removal
- Administration of antibiotics, in case of obstruction pneumonia
- Extemporaneous intervention and implementation of the Heimlich maneuver in indispensable cases
- Should aspiration not be an accident, prevention of a recurrence is important.
Source: Medical Guard Handbook edited by Piercarlo Salari (Mediserve)
