Preference matters: New aspects on how foreign bodies should and could be removed from a child's airway.

Background: Foreign body aspiration in children is a potentially life-threatening event that can be diagnosed and treated by airway endoscopy. We aimed to analyze the influence of the examiner's experience and preference on the choice of the technique and the resulting complication rate.

Methods: In this international study, experts in the field documented their preferred and applied technique as well as the outcome of each case of foreign body removal.

Complication rates in rigid vs. flexible endoscopic foreign body removal in children.

While foreign body aspiration remains a frequent and preventable cause of morbidity and mortality in children, recommendations on the appropriate removal technique do often not match the lived practice and expertise of the performing examiners. As there is a scarcity of data regarding success and complication rates of the procedure, the aim of this study was to set up a classification system for procedure-related complications, prospectively record and analyze them. Specialists in the field of foreign body removal contributed cases anonymously.

Pediatric Airway Endoscopy: Recommendations of the Society for Pediatric Pneumology.

For many decades, pediatric bronchoscopy has been an integral part of the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic pulmonary diseases in children. Rapid technical advances have continuously influenced the performance of the procedure. Over the years, the application of pediatric bronchoscopy has considerably expanded to a broad range of indications.

Local and Systemic Alterations of the L-Arginine/Nitric Oxide Pathway in Sputum, Blood, and Urine of Pediatric Cystic Fibrosis Patients and Effects of Antibiotic Treatment.

Alterations in the L-arginine (Arg)/nitric oxide (NO) pathway have been reported in cystic fibrosis (CF; OMIM 219700) as the result of various factors including systemic and local inflammatory activity in the airways. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the Arg/NO metabolism in pediatric CF patients with special emphasis on lung impairment and antibiotic treatment. Seventy CF patients and 78 healthy controls were included in the study.

Pediatric flexible and rigid bronchoscopy in European centers-Availability and current practice.

Aim: Eighteen years have passed since the last European survey concerning practices in pediatric bronchoscopy was conducted. Therefore, members of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Pediatric Bronchology Group 7.7, initiated the "European Pediatric Bronchoscopy Survey 2015," which aimed to assess the current state of this evolving diagnostic and therapeutic procedure in the field of pediatric respiratory medicine.

Objective and behavioural assessment of the emergence from post-traumatic amnesia (PTA).

Primary Objective: To determine the profile of resolution of typical PTA behaviours and describe new learning and improvements in self-care during PTA.

Research Design: Prospective longitudinal study monitoring PTA status, functional learning and behaviours on a daily basis.

Methods And Procedures: Participants were 69 inpatients with traumatic brain injury who were in PTA.