title: [The misdiagnosis and erroneous treatment for airway foreign body in children].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the reasons and hazards of the misdiagnosis and erroneous treatment for airway foreign body in children, and explore the effective measures.
  
  
  METHODS
  To analyze 452 cases of airway foreign body with the history of misdiagnosis in children.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The medical history and objective signs could be helpful to the diagnosis of airway foreign body. X ray examination is nessesary and useful, meanwhile, CT and multiple plane reconstruction provide another choice for the diagnosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Doctors should recognize the hazards of delayed diagnosis of airway foreign body and avoid the misdiagnosis and erroneous treatment. Suitable time of intervention and surgical approach could decrease the complications and elevate healing rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Medical School of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710004, China. wbj1965@163.com
authors.forename: Baojun
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Wenyan
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jiang'ang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012137:Respiratory System