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Original Article
Foreign Body in the Airway: A review of 71 patients.
In Sil Lee, Son Moon Shin, Jong Kook Lee, Yong Soo Yun, Hahn Woong Choe
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1982;25(5):453-459.   Published online May 31, 1982
Seventy one children aged 3 months and 8 months with a foreign body in the airway were analysed. Most of the patients were less than 3 years of age, and male to female ratio 2.6:1. Most foreign bodies were food materials (58.2%), metallic bodies (20.9%) and plastic materials(13.4%). Of all the foreign bodies, 61 cases were lodged in the main...