title: Nursing Activities in the Prevention and Treatment of Perioperative Complications After Airway Foreign Body Removal in Pediatric Patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  1) To evaluate postanesthesia complications after bronchoscopy performed for a suspected foreign body (FB) in the pediatric population and 2) To propose an algorithm of nursing activities for management of this problem.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective descriptive design was used.
  
  
  METHODS
  A chart review of 155 children who underwent rigid bronchoscopy for FB removal was conducted.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Complications occurred in 78% of children: 43% of them experienced desaturation below 90% requiring oxygen therapy. Therapy ranged from oxygen administration via blow-by nasal cannula or face mask (89%) to positive pressure ventilation via bag-mask (23%). Seven percent of the population required intubation and admission to intensive care unit (all were less than 2 years of age).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest special attention to the children less than 2 years of age as serious respiratory failure may occur after FB removal. The algorithm for nurses was created to manage children after bronchoscopy.
authors: Beata
authors: B
authors: Rybojad
authors: Anna
authors: A
authors: Aftyka
authors: Ewa
authors: E
authors: Rudnicka-Drozak
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000451:nursing / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011183:Postoperative Complications
keywords: children; desaturation; foreign body aspiration; postanesthesia care unit