Role of Flexible Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Airway Foreign Bodies: A 5-Year Experience at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Iran.

Background: Foreign body aspiration can be a life-threatening incidence amongst children. The aim of this study was to evaluate the usefulness and outcomes of foreign body removal with emphasis on accuracy of flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy and the predictors of post-procedure complications in children.

Materials And Methods: Records of patients who had undergone flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy for foreign body extraction in Namazi Hospital affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences from 2012 to 2017 were retrospectively reviewed.

Failures in emergency management of pediatric airway foreign bodies by rigid bronchoscopy: we have yet to complete our learning.

Background: Several children are affected by airway foreign body aspiration (FBA) resulting from life-threatening conditions. Choking has been considered the major symptom and is defined as airway blockage by a foreign body (FB), leading to marked morbidity or mortality. This retrospective study indicates the possibility of misdiagnosis or rigid bronchoscope (RB) failure, which is the standard gold method for extracting FB in the airway.

The characteristics of foreign bodies aspirated by children across different continents: A comparative review.

Background: Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is a common issue in pediatric emergencies, with regional variations. Various cultures and foods, parents' and physicians' inadequate experience, and lack of bronchoscopy equipment are some attributable factors in the regional variation of FBA.

Aim: To more accurately represent the demographic characteristics of aspirated foreign bodies (FBs) across various continents, this review attempted to provide organized information based on the reviewed articles.

Transbronchial Lung Cryobiopsy in children.

Background: Transbronchial Lung Cryobiopsy (TBLC) is a novel technique, available globally only in a limited number of centers. Since the data on the role of TBLCs amongst pediatric patients is limited, the aim was to evaluate its efficacy in diagnosing lung diseases amongst children.

Methods: The records of 28 pediatric patients were retrospectively reviewed from October 2016 till September 2018.

Diagnosis of a missed bronchial foreign body in an 8-year-old girl: a rare case report.

Tracheobronchial foreign body aspiration (TB-FBA) with subsequent airway obstruction typically occurs in children younger than 4 years. TB-FBA results in significant morbidity and mortality in children requiring urgent recognition and prompt management. Some cases remain more indolent and cause unusual respiratory insults ranging from chronic respiratory symptoms such as persistent cough, wheezing, and recurrent pneumonia to life-threatening airway obstruction.

Pharyngomalacia in Neonates: The Missed Issue.

Airway malacia (AM) is a weakness of the airway's frameworks making them collapsible during the respiratory phases. Although the larynx, trachea, and bronchus are the usual sites for malacia to occur, there is another important type of malacia that involves the pharynx. Pharyngomalacia (PM) or concentric pharyngeal wall inspiratory collapse (PWIC) is mostly missed during bronchoscopic evaluations in the neonates with noisy breathing because people are not aware of this condition.

Foreign Body Retrieval by Using Flexible Cryoprobe in Children.

Background: Foreign body aspiration (FBA) can be a life-threatening emergency and the cause of significant morbidity and mortality in children. Although rigid bronchoscopy is considered as the treatment of choice for the retrieval of foreign bodies (FBs) among pediatrics, extraction with the flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope (FFB) has become increased in popularity over the last few years. Recently, though there have been some reports about the use of cryoprobes as tools for the removal of FBs in adults, there is a limited experience concerning pediatrics, especially during the infancy period.

A rare case of massive foreign body aspiration mimic asthma.

Foreign Body Aspiration (FBA) remains as one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among pediatrics, especially in younger ones. Asphyxia caused by FBA is a main and common cause of this morbidity and mortality. Unfortunately, many FBAs may be misdiagnosed and an appropriate management becomes postponed specially in cases without any vivid evidence.

Bronchoscopic surfactant administration in premature neonate with persistent lobar atelectasis: the new concept.

Neonatal pulmonary atelectasis (NPA) is the collapse or closure of a lung resulting in reduced or absent gas exchange. NPA is a common clinical complication among premature neonates and can contribute to a need for prolong mechanical ventilation and poor prognosis. It is usually unilateral.

Isolation and identification of Pandoraea spp. From bronchoalveolar lavage of cystic fibrosis patients in Iran.

Background: Pandoraea species are gram negative, motile, non-spore forming, rod shaped and oxidase positive, obligate aerobes bacteria, and have one polar flagellum. Most of Pandoraea species are associated with lung infections in cystic fibrosis patients. Cystic fibrosis is the most prevalent autosomal recessive hereditary disease in the world that affects various organs of the body.

Bronchial Leech Infestation in a 15-Year-Old Female.

Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is a common incidence in young children. Leeches are rarely reported as FBA at any age. This study describes a 15-year-old female who presented with hemoptysis, hematemesis, coughs, melena, and anemia seven months prior to admission.

Effect of albumin administration prior to exchange transfusion in term neonates with hyperbilirubinemia--a randomized controlled trial.

Objective: To determine the role of intravenous administration of human albumin prior to blood exchange in term neonates for reduction of total serum bilirubin (TSB).

Design: Randomized controlled trial.

Setting: Neonatal Unit of Nemazee Hospital, affiliated with Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, southern Iran.