title: Fatal and near-fatal grape aspiration in children.
abstract: Choking remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality in young children. Whole seedless grapes are a popular fruit snack to give to young children.We present 3 cases of grape aspiration, discussing the emergency care from basic life support to specialist treatment.The lessons learned will be applicable to a wide range of health professionals from frontline emergency medical service personnel to physicians and nurses working in a hospital.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Feltbower
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McCormack
authors.forename: Ulf
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Theilen
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004630:Emergencies; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000379:methods*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D001261:Pulmonary Atelectasis / Q000209:etiology; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology; D053120:Respiratory Aspiration; D027843:Vitis