title: Foreign bodies in the respiratory tract. A review of forty-one cases.
abstract: The nature of inhaled foreign bodies in the respiratory tract and problems in their removal are reviewed with reference to experience in a series of 41 cases, 36 of them in children under 4 years old. Bronchoscopic removal under general anaesthesia is preferred to inhalational therapy and postural drainage.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008875:Middle Aged; D012137:Respiratory System