title: [Diagnosis and therapy of bronchial foreign body in aged patients].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the proper diagnosis and therapy method in aged patients with bronchial foreign body.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective analysis was performed on 15 aged patients with bronchial foreign body by clinical characteristics. The experience of diagnosis and therapy in these cases were summarized.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Misdiagnosed or missed diagnosis were found in 6 of 15 aged patients with bronchial foreign body. Three bronchial foreign bodies were taken out successfully under topical anesthesia. Twelve bronchial foreign bodies were taken out under topical anesthesia and balanced anesthesia. No complications happened in all case.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinical manifestation of bronchial foreign body is often unrepresentative in most aged patients. The chest X-ray of most cases can not show actual appearance of foreign bodies. In addition, history of foreign body in bronchus is often uncertain. So bronchial foreign bodies have often been misdiagnosed or missed diagnosed in aged patients. Suitable anesthesia method is the key to taking out bronchial foreign body in aged patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
authors.forename: Song
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Lixin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Banghua
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Huamao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Weijia
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kong
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods; D001980:Bronchi; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies