Foreign Body Aspiration Presenting with Asthma-Like Symptoms

Aspiration of a foreign body into the tracheobronchial tree is rare in adults. In the majority of these cases there is an underlying condition such as mental retardation, depressed mental status, impairment in the swallowing reflex, neurological impairment, alcohol or sedative abuse, or complication...

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Main Authors: Jennifer C. Kam, Vikram Doraiswamy, Javier F. Dieguez, Joan Dabu, Matthew Cholankeril, Mayur Govind, Richard Miller, Marc Adelman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/317104