Pediatric food impaction detected through point-of-care ultrasonography

A previously healthy 1-year-old boy suddenly began coughing while eating a dried sweet potato. Because he continued gagging after vomiting a piece of the dried sweet potato, his mother brought him to our emergency room. Upon arrival, despite normal pulmonary findings, he was drooling and gagging. Ul...

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Main Authors: Takaaki Mori, Takateru Ihara, Yusuke Hagiwara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine 2018-06-01
Series:Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.ceemjournal.org/upload/pdf/ceem-17-236.pdf