Do Times until Treatment for Foreign Body Aspiration Relate to Complications?

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of patients with foreign body aspiration ( = 43).

Characteristics	Frequency	Percentage
Age, years
0–2	25	58.1
3–7	5	11.6
8–12	6	14.0
>12	7	16.3
Presenting symptoms
Cough	31	72.1
Choking	29	67.4
Fever	7	16.3
Hoarseness	3	7.0
Others, that is, vomiting and sore throat	3	7.0
Physical signs
Decreased breath sound	27	62.8
Rhonchi	9	20.9
Wheezing	9	20.9
Stridor	4	9.3
Cyanosis	1	2.3
Chest retraction	5	11.6
Normal physical exam	7	16.3
Chest X-ray
Hyperaeration	17	39.5
Atelectasis	7	16.3
Pulmonary infiltration	2	4.7
Radioopacity	4	9.3
Normal	8	18.6
No data	5	11.6

Note: indicates that one patient may have more than one symptom/sign.