Rigid Bronchoscopy: A Life-Saving Intervention in the Removal of Foreign Body in Adults at a Busy Tertiary Care Unit

Introduction Foreign body (FB) aspiration is a potentially lethal emergency and is not uncommon in adults. Rigid bronchoscopy (RB) is a useful procedure for the extraction of these FBs, and it has a high success rate. The aim of this study was to document the clinical presentation of FB aspirations...

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Published in:Cureus
Main Authors: Mazcuri, Misauq, Ahmad, Tanveer, Shaikh, Khalil A, Abid, Ambreen, Nasreen, Shagufta, Sikander, Nazish
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Cureus 2020
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Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7419150/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32802623
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.9662
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