Living on the edge of the post-nasal space: the inhaled foreign body.

J Laryngol Otol

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK.

Published: January 2000

We present a previously undescribed event where an inhaled foreign body was propelled into the post-nasal space by the Heimlich manoeuvre. We present figures showing a drop in the mortality following inhaled foreign bodies since the introduction of the Heimlich manoeuvre.

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