title: Nasal wash technique for nasal foreign body removal.
abstract: Nasal foreign bodies are seen commonly both in the office and pediatric emergency department setting. There have been a number of strategies described for their removal. We describe the "nasal wash" as a technique for nasal foreign body removal in the following three case reports. The "nasal wash" has been used in many pediatric vaccine studies as a method to collect mucus and relies on simple equipment readily available in the office setting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201, USA. rlichens@peds.umaryland.edu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lichenstein
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Giudice
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D013594:Syringes; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride