title: [Recommendations for the prevention of foreign body aspiration].
abstract: The aspiration of a foreign body remains a common paediatric problem, with serious consequences that can produce both acute and chronic disease. Aspiration usually causes a medical emergency that requires a prompt diagnosis and an urgent therapeutic approach as it may result in the death of the child or severe brain injury. It typically involves organic foreign bodies (mainly food or nuts) aspirated by children under 5 years old, and usually at home. In this statement, the Committee on Safety and Prevention of Non-Intentional Injury in Childhood of the Spanish Paediatrics Association provides a series of recommendations, both educational (while eating and playing), as well as legal, to prevent such episodes.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Pediátrica, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, España. Electronic address: jllunag@yahoo.es.
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lluna
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urgencias de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Cruces, Bilbao, España.
authors.forename: Mikel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Olabarri
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Pediátrica, Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, España.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Domènech
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Getafe, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Bárbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rubio
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario de Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Baleares, España.
authors.forename: Francisca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yagüe
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Salud Pública, Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: María T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Benítez
authors.affiliation: Atención Primaria, Centro de Salud Barcelona, Móstoles, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: María J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Esparza
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urgencias de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Cruces, Bilbao, España.
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mintegi
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002648:Child; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans
keywords: Asfixia; Aspiración; Aspiration; Choking; Cuerpo extraño; Foreign body; Paediatrics; Pediatría; Prevención; Prevention