Medisan (Apr 2018)

Clinical therapeutical characterization of children and adolescents with aerodigestive foreign bodies

  • Ariadna Elvia Cardero Ruiz,
  • Glennis Mojena Rodríguez,
  • Yanelys Porto Perera,
  • Lianet del Río Sierra,
  • Gustavo Calas Isaac

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 4

Abstract

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A descriptive, observational and longitudinal investigation in the Otolaryngology Service of "Dr. Antonio María Béguez César" Southern Children Hospital was carried out in Santiago de Cuba from January, 2015 to December, 2017, aimed at characterizing the 341 children and adolescents assisted in the emergency room because they presented aerodigestive foreign bodies. There was a prevalence of under 5 age group (62.5 %), male sex (52.8 %), urban origin (65.1 %), organic foreign bodies (67.4 %), the nasal cavity as anatomical localization, nasal obstruction as main symptom and the manual extraction through previous rhinoscopy in the case material. In 11.1 % of the radiographic exams the foreign body was observed. Just a patient died during the study.

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