title: Usefulness Of Glucocorticoids In The Management Of Foreign Body Aspiration.
abstract: Foreign body aspiration can be a life-threatening emergency. An aspirated solid or semi-solid object may lodge in the larynx, trachea or other breathing airways. If the object is large enough to cause nearly complete obstruction of the airway, asphyxia may rapidly cause death. We report a 19-year old man admitted with right lower lobe pneumonia who spontaneously expelled a foreign body, one day after admission and glucocorticoids administration. Glucocorticoids should be considered in foreign body aspiration management because improvement of the inflammatory reaction may facilitate expontaneous expulsion or foreign body extraction
authors.forename: Bryan L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Pagán Rivera
authors.forename: Francisco Jaume
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Anselmi
authors.forename: Maria Del Mar
authors.initials: Mdel M
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: Amaury
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Segarra
authors.forename: Jose Ramirez
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Rivera
mesh_terms: D000082:Acetaminophen / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017963:Azithromycin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002443:Ceftriaxone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D024841:Fluoroquinolones / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D064412:Levalbuterol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077266:Moxifloxacin; D010988:Play and Playthings; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D011899:Ranitidine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents; D024841:Fluoroquinolones; D000082:Acetaminophen; D002443:Ceftriaxone; D017963:Azithromycin; D011899:Ranitidine; D064412:Levalbuterol; D000077266:Moxifloxacin; D008775:Methylprednisolone