nasal foreign body

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Management

  • children: a trusted adult occludes the unaffected nostril & blows into the child's mouth gently until they feel resistance caused by closure of the glottis, & then they blow more forcefully to expel the foreign body (known as mother's kiss)

More general terms

References

  1. ↑ Cook S et al. Efficacy and safety of the "mother's kiss" technique: A systematic review of case reports and case series. CMAJ 2012 Nov 20; 184:E904 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23071371
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