Condition Info - BotMed Application

ConditionName

Foreign body aspiration

ConditionDescription

Symptoms

History of environmental hazard; choking episode
Gagging, coughing, wheezing, stridor

PhysicalFindings

Asymmetrical physical findings of decreased breath sounds, wheezing

ClinicalTests

Chest xRay;
Bronchoscopy: can be a treatment;
Asymmetrical radiograph with forced expiratory view;
Most common location for aspirating object: right bronchi;

RiskFactors

Alcoholism;
Substance abuse;
Dementia;
Vomiting;
Prior stroke;
Seizure;

IsRedFlag

IsNPLEX

Consequence

Pneumonia;
Lung abscess;
Brain damage;
Death;

ProgressionFromCondition

TreatmentOptions

Monitor O2 level --> Give O2
Encourage to cough!
Perform Heimlich maneuver
If not enough - emergency tracheotomy

PharmOptions

Before extraction of foreign body: IV corticosteroids

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