Foreign Body Swallows in Pediatrics
- Conditions
- Foreign Body in Oropharynx
- Registration Number
- NCT05253027
- Lead Sponsor
- Bahaa Mohammed Refaie
- Brief Summary
Foreign Body Ingestion (FBI) is a common clinical emergency in children. Most FBs smoothly pass through the digestive tract without complications; nevertheless, some FBs can cause severe morbidity and mortality. The current work aimed at evaluating how FBI can cause respiratory distress and stridor as well as their severity according to age, gender, lodgment site, and type of the object. Factors influencing morbidity and mortality among studied patients will be deliberated as well.
- Detailed Description
Background: Foreign Body Ingestion (FBI) is a common clinical emergency in children. Most FBs smoothly pass through the digestive tract without complications; nevertheless, some FBs can cause severe morbidity and mortality. The current work aimed at evaluating how the FBI can cause respiratory distress and stridor as well as their severity according to age, gender, lodgment site, and type of the object. Factors influencing morbidity and mortality among studied patients will be deliberated as well.
Methods: It is a hospital-based descriptive study where all children between birth and 16 years of age who were admitted from January 1 st, 2018 to December, 31th 2021 for FBs removal were analyzed. All cases were subjected to complete history taking, physical, radiological, and bronchoscopic examination.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 14
- children between birth and 16 years of age FBs removal
- history suggestive of foreign body swallow
Exclusion criteria:
- none
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Respiratory distress 24 hour after presentation stridor due to foreign body swallow
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Sohag faculty of medicine
🇪🇬Sohag, Egypt