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Case Report
Bronchial foreign body aspiration diagnosed with MDCT
Hye Kyung Cho, Ky Young Cho, Sung Yoon Cho, Sejung Sohn
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2007;50(8):781-784.   Published online August 15, 2007
Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is a common accident in young children. Undiagnosed and retained foreign bodies may result in severe early and late complications such as asphyxia, pneumonia, atelectasis and bronchiectasis. Moreover, because it can mimic bronchiolitis, croup or asthma, an accurate history and a high index of suspicion are of paramount importance for early diagnosis. With our experience on...
Original Article
Values of Lung CT in Children with a Vague History of Aspiration
Myoung-Bum Choi, Hyang-Ok Woo, Jum-Su Kim, Ji-Hyoun Seo, Jae-Young Lim, Chan-Hoo Park, Jin-Jong You, Hee-Shang Youn
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2004;47(4):399-404.   Published online April 15, 2004
Purpose : The purpose of this study was to investigate the diagnostic value of spiral computed tomography (CT) using contiguous slices with partially thin sections around the hilar level in the bronchial foreign bodies of children with a vague history of aspiration. Methods : Fourteen children were identified to be examined with spiral CT due to obscure histories of aspiration episodes....
Clinical Study of Childhood Accidents from a Hospital Over Ten Years with Regard to Foreign Body Aspiration
Cheol-Min Kim, Jun-Young Song, Ja Hyung Kim, Ki Soo Kim, Soo-Jong Hong
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2002;45(9):1134-1140.   Published online September 15, 2002
Purpose : Childhood accidents have been increasing recently. Accidents rank as the leading cause of childhood mortality and morbidity. We performed this study to evaluate the causes of childhood accidents. Methods : The authors analysed retrospectively the medical records of 6,410 cases of childhood accidental injuries who visited the emergency room of Asan Medical Center from January 1990 to December...
Clinical Study and Diagnostic Value of the Lung Perfusion Scan in Foreign Body Aspiration
Gyo-Dang Koo, Young-Ho Rah, Chong-Woo Bae, Sa-Jun Chung, Yong-Mook Choi
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1998;41(1):74-80.   Published online January 15, 1998
Purpose : Early diagnosis of foreign body aspiration and removal of the inhaled material may save the patient from chronic illness and may prevent serious complications. At present the diagnostic problems of bronchial foreign bodies are being solved by using the lung scanning technique. Therefore, we investigated the clinical study and diagnositic value of the lung perfusion scan in foreign body aspiration. Methods : Eighteen...
Case Report
A Case of Severe Pulmonary Complication and ARDS Secondary to Peanut Aspiration in 15 Month Old Male
Sung Keun Moon, Chang Keun Kim, Churl Young Chung
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1997;40(3):423-428.   Published online March 15, 1997
Foreign body aspiration(especially peanut) is the leading cause of accidental death in children under 1 year of age and most cases of serious aspiration occur between the age of 1 and 3. We report a case of severe pulmonary complication and adult respiratory distress syndrome(ARDS) secondary to peanut aspiration in 15 month old male in spite of all removal(9 pieces) by ventilating bronchoscope. Chest...
Original Article
Clinical Study of Foreign Body Aspiration in Infants and Children
Dong Kyun Ryu, Su Jin Park, Kang Seo Park, Wan Seob Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1995;38(1):66-74.   Published online January 15, 1995
A clinical study was done on 42 cases of inpatients, who had been admitted for foreign body aspiration form January 1979 to June 1992. We obtained the following results by analysing the records of their treatment during that time. 1) 31(73.8%) of these cases were below the age of 3 years. 25(59.4%) were below the age of 2. The ratio of male...
Diagnostic Value of the Lung Perfusion Scan in Foreign body Aspiration.
Ki Hong Park, Chong Woo Bae, Byoung Soo Cho, Sa Joon Chung, Yong Mook Choi, Chang Il Ahn, Sun Wha Lee, Chang Il Cha
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1988;31(10):1301-1307.   Published online October 31, 1988
Lung perfusion scan was performed on 5 young children suspected as foreign body aspiration who had been admitted on the Department of Pediatrics, Kyung Hee University Hospital from May 1986 to January 1988. The results were as follows: 1) All children had been showed perfusion defect as compatible as acute obstructive lung disease by lung perfusion scan and foreign bodies in bronchial tree were proved on...
Clinical Observation on Accidents for Infant and Childhood Who Visited the Emergency Room in the Wonju Christian Hospital from Kangwon Area.
Seong Ku Kim, Duk Jin Yun
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1981;24(10):957-967.   Published online October 15, 1981
Accidents have become one of the most important problem in the pediatric and child health field because of the recently observed high incidence of and mortality from accidents. Due to an improvement of the living standard in general and especially due to the wide application of vaccination and antibiotics, there has been a decline of incidence of infectious diseases in...
Clinical Study on Foreign body Aspiration and Aspiration Pneumonia.
Dong Soo Kim, Ki Choon Kim, Ki Young Lee, Duck Jin Yun
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1981;24(4):343-351.   Published online April 15, 1981
A clinical study was done on 177 cases of inpatients, who had been admitted under the diagnosis of aspiration pneumonia and foreign body aspiration at the Department of Pedia-trics, Yonsei University College of Medicine from Jan. 1965 to Dec. 1977. The results were obtained as follows: 1)Children below 5 years old(59.3%) are prone to aspirate and it is more common in...