title: Foreign body retrieval in children with respiratory symptoms and no history of aspiration.
abstract: To asses the role of bronchoscopy and its yield in children with respiratory symptoms and no typical history of radiological evidence of foreign body aspiration (FBA), we reviewed the records of all patients who underwent bronchoscopy at our institution between 1985 and 1995 and had no history of choking, witnessed FBA or clear radiological evidence of FBA (N = 54, age range 4 months to 16 years). These were subdivided into two subgroups, those with positive bronchoscopy, and those with negative bronchoscopy. Respiratory symptoms and their duration, signs and radiological findings did not differ in both subgroups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, American University of Beirut, 850 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022, USA.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Hamdan
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mroueh
authors.forename: F F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Bitar
authors.forename: F T
authors.initials: FT
authors.lastname: Farhat
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration; D011859:Radiography; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases; D012189:Retrospective Studies