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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Inhaled foreign bodies in children: A global perspective on their epidemiological, clinical, and preventive aspects
Pediatric Pulmonology, Volume 48, No. 4, Year 2013
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Context While several articles describe clinical management of Foreign Bodies injuries in the upper air tract, little epidemiological evidence is available from injury databases. Objective This article aims to understand the burden of airway FB injuries in high-, low-, and middle-income countries as emerging from scientific literature. Data Sources One thousand six hundred ninety-nine published articles 1978-2008. Study Selection A free text search on PubMed database ((foreign bodies) or (foreign body)) and ((aspiration) or (airways) or (tracheobronchial) or (nasal) or (inhalation) or (obstruction) or (choking) or (inhaled) or (aspirations) or (nose) or (throat) or (asphyxiation)) and ((children) or (child)). Data Extraction Information on reported injuries according to country, time period, children sex and age, FB type, site of obstruction, symptoms, signs, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, delay at the diagnosis, complications, number of deaths. Results Serious complications occur both in high-income and low-middle income countries in a considerable proportion of cases (10% and 20%, respectively). Similarly, death is not infrequent (5-7% of cases). Conclusions Few countries have good systematic data collection and there's a lack of sensibility in parents and clinicians in terms of acknowledge of the choking risk. On the contrary, international surveillance systems able to collect information in a standardized way need to be implemented. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Foltran, Francesca
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Ballali, Simonetta
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Rodriguez, Hugo
Argentina, Buenos Aires
Fundacion Hospital de Pediatria Professor Dr. Juan P. Garrahan
van As, Àrjan Bastiaan Sebastian
South Africa, Cape Town
University of Cape Town
Passàli, Desiderio
Italy, Siena
Università Degli Studi Di Siena
Gulati, Achal
India, New Delhi
Maulana Azad Medical College
Gregori, Dario
Italy, Padua
Università Degli Studi Di Padova
Statistics
Citations: 97
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1002/ppul.22701
ISSN:
87556863
e-ISSN:
10990496
Research Areas
Environmental
Maternal And Child Health
Violence And Injury
Study Design
Grounded Theory
Study Approach
Systematic review