Foreign body aspiration in adults

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 415-418

  Zubairi, Ali Bin ^a   Haque, A S ^a   Husain, S J ^a   Khan, J A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Betel nut; Bronchoscopy; Foreign body aspiration; Stimulant seeds; Tamarind seed

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BETEL NUT; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; LUNG CAVITATION; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG CYST; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; MASTICATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; TAMARIND; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARECA; BRONCHOSCOPY; COUGH; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; INHALATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TAMARINDUS;

EID: 33646492015     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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