Foreign body aspiration: An important etiology of respiratory symptoms in children

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1297-1298

  Daines, Cori L ^a   Wood, Robert E ^b   Boesch, R Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic cough; flexible bronchoscopy; Foreign body aspiration

Indexed keywords

FLUTICASONE; MONTELUKAST; PREDNISONE; SALBUTAMOL; SALMETEROL;

ANAMNESIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY ASPIRATION; HUMAN; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHILD; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

EID: 42949173022     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2008.03.014     Document Type: Editorial

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