title: [Foreign-body aspiration in adults].
abstract: Proximal airway obstruction and acute life-threatening asphyxia is the most important complication of foreign body aspiration. Small foreign bodies that transverse the larynx may be initially asymptomatic appearing serious respiratory disturbances only later. Three patients with different clinical evolutions are reported and the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, discussed.
authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clínicas, Faculadade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo.
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Travassos Júnior
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Barbas
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Mendes
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Fiks
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: J V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Barbas Filho
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D001980:Bronchi; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D001239:Inhalation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Aspiração de corpo estranho em adulto.