[Acute XXXX as a respiratory emergency in childhood].

@entity1 @entity5744
From 1957 to 1987 altogether 206 cases of tracheobronchial @entity5744 were diagnosed. Two third of the @entity1 were one or two years old. @entity1 prevailed with 57 per cent. 55 per cent of all foreign bodies were nuts. Only 10 per cent were radiopaque (screws, nails, needles or pieces of bones). The attempt to eliminate the foreign body via the bronchoscope was successful in 96 per cent and failed in seven cases. Six @entity1 had to undergo a thoracotomy. In one third of the cases the foreign body remained two weeks or longer in the bronchial tree. 66 @entity1 with such a "chronic" foreign body were later on examined by bronchography, which showed in 29 per cent severe deformations of the bronchial wall and in 14 per cent even bronchiectasis. An acute @entity5744 should always be considered and handled as an emergency.
