A Retrospective Study: Multidisciplinary Approach of Foreign Body in Airway from 2013 to 2019 at a Tertiary Care Centre.

Semridhi Gupta; Diksha Gupta

Volume : IX, Issue : VIII, August - 2020

A Retrospective Study: Multidisciplinary Approach of Foreign Body in Airway from 2013 to 2019 at a Tertiary Care Centre.

Semridhi Gupta, Diksha Gupta

Abstract :

Background–To analyse the clinical and radiological presentation of foreign body aspiration in patients reaching a tertiary care centre. Method–Our study included the patients presented to our institution with suspected foreign body aspiration from November 2013 to July 2019.Data studied were age, sex, site of foreign body lodgement, clinical presentation, radiological features and type of foreign body. Results–Of 96 children who underwent the rigid onchoscopy, 86 had foreign bodies in their airways.63% cases were below the age of 3 years. Vegetative foreign bodies, mainly betel nuts were most commonly found in the patients.93% patients presented with the history of cough.39% cases have positive radiological findings.11% had complications ,most common was the laryngospasm. Most of the cases were referred as the diagnosis was missed initially. Conclusion–It is important for the clinician to have a high suspicion of foreign body aspiration in patients with sudden onset of cough and wheeze without any previous history of asthma, so that timely intervention can be taken which can decrease both the mortality and the morbidity.