Comparison of Pediatric Airway Foreign Bodies over Fifty Years

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 434-436

  White, David R ^a   Zdanski, Carlton J ^a   Drake, Amelia F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Foreign body; Pediatric airway

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS FOREIGN BODY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INHALATION; MORBIDITY; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PEANUT; PLANT SEED; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW;

CHILD; CITRULLUS; DIET; FOREIGN BODIES; HELIANTHUS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INHALATION; NORTH CAROLINA; NUTS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 2442494418     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200405000-00003     Document Type: Review

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