scholarly journals National estimations of airway foreign bodies in children in the United States, 2000 to 2009

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Cheng ◽  
Beiyu Liu ◽  
Alfredo E. Farjat ◽  
Jonathan Routh
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Bodies ◽  
The United States

scholarly journals Dental Impaction in the Cecum: Case Report and Review of Gastrointestinal Foreign Body Impactions

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Mouhanna Abu Ghanimeh ◽  
Omar Abughanimeh ◽  
Sakher Albadarin ◽  
Osama Kaddourah ◽  
John H. Helzberg
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Gastrointestinal Tract ◽  
Foreign Body ◽  
Conservative Treatment ◽  
Foreign Bodies ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
The United States ◽  
Common Site ◽  
Dental Plate

Approximately 20% of the adult population in the United States wears dentures. Foreign body ingestions, including dentures, are not uncommon. Although the majority of all ingested foreign bodies pass spontaneously through the gastrointestinal tract, impaction may occur, especially with physiologic constrictions, angulations, or stenosis. The esophagus is the most common site of impaction, whereas colonic impaction is extremely uncommon. We present a case of an 84-year-old male who was referred to the gastroenterology clinic for denture impaction, which lasted for two weeks. The patient had already failed to pass the denture following conservative treatment with laxatives, and repeated abdominal imaging showed the dental plate in the cecum. Colonoscopy was performed three weeks after the ingestion of his dentures, and tripod forceps were used to dislodge the end of the dental plate and ultimately remove it. The patient was asymptomatic for the entire period.

scholarly journals Accidental Choking Among Hospitalized Patients in Pennsylvania: A 15-Year Retrospective Review

2020 ◽  
pp. 42-53
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Kukielka
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Death Rate ◽  
Tooth Loss ◽  
Foreign Bodies ◽  
Reporting System ◽  
The United States ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
Safety Reporting

Choking occurs when a foreign body becomes lodged in the airway and obstructs respiration. In the United States, over 5,000 deaths were attributed to choking in 2015. Among older adults, food is the most common cause of choking, and the death rate for choking events involving food is seven times higher among older adults than young children. We queried the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Reporting System (PA-PSRS) and identified 545 events related to accidental choking on food, beverages, medications, or other foreign bodies reported from 2004 to 2019. Patients who experienced a choking event were more often female (56%; 306 of 545), and they ranged in age from 6 months to 102 years, with a median patient age of 70 years (interquartile range = 54 to 83 years). Among choking events that specified the substance involved, food was the most common (80%; 424 of 528 events). The most common foods that patients choked on were meat or fish (n=77), sandwiches (n=38), and breads or cakes (n=31). Abdominal thrusts were the most common immediate response described in event reports, attempted in more than half of events (56%; 306 of 545). Prevention of accidental choking may involve timely assessment of risk factors that predispose a patient to choking, including age older than 60 years, tooth loss and presence of dentures, and underlying psychiatric or neurologic illness.

Aspirated foreign bodies in pediatric patients, 1968–2010: A comparison between the United States and other countries

2011 ◽  
Vol 75 (10) ◽  
pp. 1322-1326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pankaj Kaushal ◽  
David J. Brown ◽  
Lina Lander ◽  
Scott Brietzke ◽  
Rahul K. Shah
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Bodies ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
The United States

scholarly journals Foreign Bodies Ingestion

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leen Jamel Doya ◽  
Ali Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Body ◽  
Surgical Management ◽  
Foreign Bodies ◽  
Pediatric Population ◽  
The United States ◽  
X Rays ◽  
Management Options ◽  
Pass Through

Foreign body ingestion is a common problem among children especially under psychological stress. More than 110.000 ingested foreign bodies were reported in the United States, of which more than 85% occurred in the pediatric population. Ingested foreign bodies usually pass through the alimentary tract without any problem. However, they can occasionally be trapped and require endoscopic or surgical management. In the asymptomatic patient, a series of abdominal X-rays are recommended to follow up on the progress of the foreign body. When a foreign body becomes immobile in the distal bowels a high suspicion that the foreign body has become trapped must be considered and surgical management is recommended with or without signs of inflammation. Here we describe the cases scenarios of foreign bodies trapped in the gastrointestinal tract and the management options.

scholarly journals Cigarette Lighter Fluid Induced Gastric Ulcer: A Severe Complication of Delayed Foreign Body Removal

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Ciel Harris ◽  
Lauren Stemboroski ◽  
Asim Shuja
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Gastric Ulcer ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Foreign Bodies ◽  
The United States ◽  
Flexible Endoscopy ◽  
Foreign Body Removal ◽  
Endoscopic Intervention ◽  
Polypectomy Snare ◽  
First Case

The majority of foreign bodies ingested pass uneventfully through the gastrointestinal tract without endoscopic intervention. Nevertheless, certain ingested objects pose a greater risk for complications and are more challenging to remove than others. This case report describes a 49-year-old male who swallowed a cigarette lighter causing a gastric ulcer. The lighter was successfully removed by flexible endoscopy using a polypectomy snare. Urgent removal is required due to the shape of the object and its hazardous contents. This is the first case report published in the United States describing cigarette lighter ingestion and management.

Tracheobronchial Foreign Bodies in Children: Back to the Bronchoscope and a Balloon

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ann M. Kosloske
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Body ◽  
Foreign Bodies ◽  
Standard Treatment ◽  
The United States ◽  
Postural Drainage ◽  
Continued Use

Aspiration of a foreign body, a common pediatric accident, causes about 400 deaths per year in children under 4 years of age in the United States.1 Bronchoscopic extraction of the foreign body was the only standard treatment until 1972, when Burrington and Cotton2 introduced a controversial alternative. These authors reported that 80% of children treated by inhalation of a bronchodilator, followed by postural drainage and percussion, spontaneously coughed out the foreign body without need for bronchoscopy. They advocated continued use of the technique of inhalation-postural drainage for as long as four days before resorting to bronchoscopy for extraction of the foreign body.3

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