Heliox as a temporizing measure for pediatric foreign body aspiration

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    Abstract

    The authors report their experience with using heliox as a temporizing measure for an aspirated foreign body in a young child.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)346-347
    Number of pages2
    JournalAcademic Emergency Medicine
    Volume9
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Apr 2002

    ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

    • Emergency Medicine

    Keywords

    • Airway obstruction
    • Aspirated
    • Foreign body
    • Heliox
    • Pediatrics
    • Bronchoscopy
    • Bronchi
    • Humans
    • Infant
    • Foreign Bodies
    • Inhalation
    • Respiratory Sounds/etiology
    • Helium/therapeutic use
    • Respiration, Artificial/methods
    • Female
    • Oxygen/therapeutic use
    • Cyanosis/etiology
    • Airway Obstruction/etiology
    • Respiratory Insufficiency/etiology

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