airway foreign body
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Pathology
- foreign body passage through respiratory defense mechanism
- blocking the airway by the epiglottis & arytenoid
- spasm of the vocal cords in response to a foreign body
- cough reflex with afferent impulses generated throughout the
- larynx
- trachea
- branch points in the proximal tracheobronchial tree
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References
- ↑ Concepcion E and Bye MR Pediatric Airway Foreign Body http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1001253-overview
- ↑ Yadav SP, Singh J, Aggarwal N, Goel A. Airway foreign bodies in children: experience of 132 cases. Singapore Med J. 2007 Sep;48(9):850-3. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17728968
- ↑ Yilmaz A, Akkaya E, Damadoglu E, Gungor S. Occult bronchial foreign body aspiration in adults: analysis of four cases. Respirology. 2004 Nov;9(4):561-3. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15612971
- ↑ Philip J, Bresnihan M, Chambers N. A Christmas tree in the larynx. Paediatr Anaesth. 2004 Dec;14(12):1016-20. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15601352