title: [Foreign bodies in the lower respiratory tract--experience based on material gathered in the ENT Department of Kalisz between 1984-2001].
abstract: Between 1984 and 2001, 33 patients were treated because of foreign bodies in their lower respiratory tract. The age of patients ranged from 0 to 74 years, but the most numerous group was children between 0 and 5 years--16 cases and between 6 and 15 years--9 cases. The most often met foreign bodies were: organic--17 cases, metal bodies 7, plastic 7. We found proliferous changes in 2 patients. In all cases foreign bodies were removed by means of rigid bronchoscopy. In 30 cases they were treated within 48 hours. Only in one case, a ring, retained for 6 weeks. We didn't have any complications.
authors.affiliation: Wojewódzkiego Szpitala Zespolonego w Kaliszu.
authors.forename: Władysław
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bartnik
authors.forename: Alicja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bartnik-Krystalska
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krawczyński
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007830:Larynx / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011859:Radiography; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies