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Fırat Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Tıp Dergisi
2008, Cilt 22, Sayı 6, Sayfa(lar) 373-375
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Child Deaths Caused by Foreign Body Aspiration: Case Report
Mehmet TOKDEMİR, Hüseyin KAFADAR, Abdurrahim TÜRKOĞLU
Fırat Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Adli Tıp Anabilim Dalı, Elazığ, TÜRKİYE
Keywords: Foreign body aspirations, accidental death, child

Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is a mechanical asphyxia developed as a result of obstruction usually between the pharynx and trachea bifurcation which especially is seen in infants and children with high mortality and morbidity. It is among the most common reasons of unexpected childhood deaths caused by accidents.

Our case is 14 month old female child. When she eaten nuts with her mother and cousin, suddenly turned into purple and ill and then taken to hospital. During the treatment in the hospital, her general conditions was bad, conscious closed, cyanosis on the skin, face and lips. She got breath support in ambulance, lung sounds crude and breath sounds fade at the right up and then decided to get KBB consultation and bronchoscopes. By bronchoscopy, the foreign body (nut piece) was seen and the pieces were picked up. To pick up the larger piece and while it is started to use big bronchoscope and pulse fade and she died.

In the autopsy it is seen that left lung slightly collapsed and when trachea and bronchi opened it was seen that right main bronchus entrance completely plunged by 1x0.6x0.6 cm sized nut piece.

In our country, food aspiration incidence is more then other aspiration. This case poins out the foreign body aspiration parents and professional babysitter for the importance of the training on first aid. Also, this case was presented to invastigate FBA together with high mortality and morbidity in children.


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