Foreign-body aspiration into the lower airways in adults; multicenter study.
Gimun JangJae Woon SongHyun Jung KimEun Jin KimJong Geol JangSeung-Ick ChaPublished in: PloS one (2022)
Foreign-body aspiration is not rare, even in adults who do not have predisposing factors. Iatrogenic events accounted for about 40% of all cases of foreign body aspiration. In adults, flexible bronchoscopy is relatively safe and has a high success rate for foreign-body removal.
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