OBJECTIVES: To review the cases encountered in a tertiary care center so as to assess the incidence of @entity5744 in the pediatric population and to draw on our experience to improve prevention and early diagnosis. @entity1 AND METHODS: Retrospective study of 106 @entity1 under the age of 15 years, admitted to the H  tel-Dieu de France hospital for flexible and/or rigid bronchoscopy between November 1998 and January 2010, for suspected @entity5744 ( @entity5744 ). RESULTS: Among the @entity1 , 56.6% were aged between one and three years. Peanuts or pistachios were found in 48% of cases. In 73% of cases, the FB was bronchial, and slightly more frequently on the right side (60%); 17.8% of cases presented in emergency immediately after inhalation; 12% presented with life-threatening symptoms; 29% presented within 24 hours and 49% were seen later than 72 hours. In 81% of subjects, a @entity2982 was found on interviewing the parents. Physical pulmonary examination was normal in 21% of @entity1 and chest X-ray in 21.8%. Rigid bronchoscopy was preceded by flexible bronchoscopy in 12% of cases. Parental underestimation of the gravity of the situation was a significant factor in delayed diagnosis. Among the @entity1 , 64% examined 24 hours after inhalation were initially treated for another pathology. Delay in diagnosis and organic vs inorganic FB did not significantly correlate with duration of bronchoscopy. The rate of complications did not significantly increase after a 24-hour diagnostic delay threshold. CONCLUSION: FB aspiration is a serious problem. A high index of suspicion is required in health care providers (ENT, pediatricians and family physicians). Physician and especially parental education are the main guarantors of significantly reduced morbidity and mortality in this pathology.

XXXX in the pediatric population: lessons learned from 106 cases.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'patients', 'PATIENTS'] @entity5744 :: ('MESH:D005547', 'Disease') :: ['FBA', 'foreign body aspiration'] @entity2982 :: ('MESH:D020197', 'Disease') :: ['typical penetration syndrome']
@entity5744 :: (MESH:D005547,Disease) :: ['Foreign body inhalation']
