Acute and Critical Care

Case Reports

Foreign Body Removal at Right Main Bronchus in A Neonate: Hyun Su Ri, Sang Wook Shin, Seung Hoon Baek, Hyae Jin Kim, Sun Jae Lee, Seong Wan Baik; Korean J Crit Care Med. 2013;28(3):201-203.; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4266/kjccm.2013.28.3.201

Abstract PDF: Foreign body in the airway could be a life-threatening risk, especially for young pediatric patients. A 6-day old male patient with foreign body, which was located deep in the right main bronchus was being admitted. Although we tried three times to remove it with rigid bronchoscopic forceps under the general anesthesia, we failed. Before switching to surgical treatment, we changed the Trendelenburg position and tapped his back several times in order to alter the foreign body toward the forcep. Finally we were able to catch and extract the foreign body successfully. We suggest that back percussion with the Trendelenburg position is a useful solution to remove a foreign body within a deep airway.

Delayed Obstruction of Endotracheal Tube by Previously Aspirated Foreign Body: A Case Report: Sungsik Chon, Jinho Kim, Shin Ok Koh, Jung Goo Cho, In Soon Hwang, In Seon Jin; Korean J Crit Care Med. 2005;20(2):174-177.

Abstract PDF: Acute airway obstruction during endotracheal intubation status is embarrassing and critical situation which requires early diagnosis and immediate management. Endotracheal tube obstruction with foreign body is rare but a variety of objects have been reported. We present a case of endotracheal tube obstruction as a result of previous aspirated foreign body that moved from the bronchial tree into the endobroncheal tube.

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