The multivariate analysis of indications of rigid bronchoscopy in suspected foreign body aspiration
Articles > Article · 2017
Authors: Emre DİVARCI, B. TOKER, Ülküm Zafer DÖKÜMCÜ, Allahverdi Musayev, Coşkun ÖZCAN, Hakkı Ata ERDENER
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2017, vol 100, pp 232-237
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2017.07.012
Summary
Objective: Foreign body aspiration (FBA) could be a serious life-threatening condition in children. Patients usually underwent bronchoscopy with suspicious of FBA alone. In this study, we aimed to determine which patients need to go to bronchoscopy based on pre-operative findings.