Recomendaciones sobre la prevención de aspiraciones de cuerpos extraños
- Javier Lluna
- Mikel Olabarri
- Anna Domènech
- Bárbara Rubio
- Francisca Yagüe
- María T. Benítez
- María J. Esparza
- Santiago Mintegi
ISSN: 1695-4033, 1696-4608
Year of publication: 2017
Volume: 86
Issue: 1
Pages: 50-50
Type: Article
More publications in: Anales de Pediatría: Publicación Oficial de la Asociación Española de Pediatría ( AEP )
Abstract
The aspiration of a foreign body remains a common paediatric problem, with serious consequences that can produce both acute and chronic disease. Aspiration usually causes a medical emergency that requires a prompt diagnosis and an urgent therapeutic approach as it may result in the death of the child or severe brain injury. It typically involves organic foreign bodies (mainly food or nuts) aspirated by children under 5 years old, and usually at home. In this statement, the Committee on Safety and Prevention of Non-Intentional Injury in Childhood of the Spanish Paediatrics Association provides a series of recommendations, both educational (while eating and playing), as well as legal, to prevent such episodes.