title: Foreign body aspiration.
abstract: The problem of aspiration of a foreign body is discussed: the range of clinical problems is presented and the pathogenesis explained. The role of bronchoscopy as a diagnostic and therapeutic procedure is pointed out and the need for a highly skilled team of surgeons and anaesthetists highlighted.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001980:Bronchi; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004322:Drainage; D004947:Esophagus; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014986:Xeroradiography