Research Article
Do Times until Treatment for Foreign Body Aspiration Relate to Complications?
Table 2
Types and sites of foreign body aspiration in children (
= 43).
| | Frequency | Percentage |
| Types of foreign body | | | Plant seeds | 18 | 41.9 | Peanut seed | 9 | 20.9 | Fish bone | 3 | 7.0 | Chicken bone | 2 | 4.7 | Tooth | 3 | 7.0 | Pork belly | 2 | 4.7 | Coin | 1 | 2.3 | Others | 5 | 11.6 |
| Sites of foreign body | | | Right main bronchus | 16 | 37.2 | Left main bronchus | 12 | 27.9 | Right second bronchus | 3 | 7.0 | Left second bronchus | 3 | 7.0 | Glottis | 6 | 14.0 | Trachea | 1 | 2.3 | Multiple sites | 2 | 4.7 |
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Note: included pen caps, a candy, a whistle, marbles, and a T-tube.
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