title: A case of airway obstruction: a rubber ball in a baby's throat didn't get there on its own. Is it abuse?
authors.affiliation: North-west Community Hospital, Arlington Heights, IL, USA. bweintraub@nch.org
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weintraub
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002649:Child Abuse; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D004825:Epiglottis / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D005547:Foreign Bodies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010988:Play and Playthings; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome