Evaluation of the Demographical and Clinical Characteristics of the Children with Foreign Body Aspiration: A Single Center Experience

Objective: To evaluate the determination of demographic and clinical characteristics and the roles of parental education and income levels in foreign body aspirations in childhood. Methods: Seventeen patients who admitted to the Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Pulmonology for foreign body aspirations and from whom the body is taken out were evaluated retrospectively, and compared with the demographic features of 60 matched healthy children with the same age and gender. Results: The mean age of the patients was 14.9±4.8 months, and of the patients 9 (53%) were males. The most common symptoms at admission were sudden onset of cough (76.5%) and wheezing (64.7%), while sunflower peel (47%) was the most commonly detected foreign body. Difference in lung aeration was the most common finding (76.5%) in radiological imagings, and foreign bodies were mostly removed from right bronchus (47%). While 76.5% of the patients had 5 or more households, this ratio was 46.6% in control group (p=0.008). Income level of patient group was significantly lower compared to control group (p=0.02). The rate of mothers who did not have high school and/or university education was higher (94.1%) than the control group (63.3%) (p=0.02). Conclusion: Foreign body aspiration should be the first reason to be thought when there is a sudden onset of cough and wheezing in a child. Low socioeconomic level, to be in a crowded family and low education level of the mother should be evaluated among risk factors for foreign body aspirations

Yabancı Cisim Aspirasyonu olan Çocukların Demografik ve Klinik Verilerinin İncelenmesi: Tek Merkez Deneyimi

Amaç: Yabancı cisim aspirasyonu tespit edilen çocukların, demografik ve klinik özelliklerinin belirlenmesi, ebeveyn eğitim düzeyleri ve gelir seviyesi ile olan ilişkilerinin değerlendirilmesi planlanmıştır. Yöntemler: Çalışmamızda, Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi Meram Tıp Fakültesi Çocuk Göğüs Hastalıkları bölümüne aspirasyon nedeniyle başvuran ve yabancı cisim çıkartılan 17 hasta çocuğun retrospektif verileri ile aynı yaş ve cinsiyet dağılımına uyan 60 sağlıklı çocuğun demografik özellikleri değerlendirildi. Bulgular: Hastaların yaş ortalaması 14,94,8 ay olup, hastalardan 9'u (%53) erkekti. En sık başvuru şikayeti ani başlayan öksürük (%76,5) ve hışıltı (%64,7) iken, çekirdek (%47) en sık tespit edilen yabancı cisim oldu. Radyolojik incelemede en sık bulgu havalanma farkı (%76,5) iken, cisimler en sık sağ ana bronştan (%47) çıkarıldı. Hasta grubunda bir evde 5 ve üstünde kişi yaşama yüzdesi %76,5 iken, kontrol grubunda %46,6 idi (p0,008). Hasta grubunun gelir düzeyi kontrol grubuna göre belirgin olarak düşüktü (p0,02). Lise ve/veya üniversite eğitimi almamış anne oranı (%94,1), kontrol grubundaki annelere oranla (%63,3) daha yüksekti (p0,03). Sonuç: Bir çocukta ani başlayan öksürük ve hışıltı geliştiği durumlarda yabancı cisim aspirayonu akla gelmelidir. Düşük gelir, kalabalık aile ortamı ve annenin düşük eğitim düzeyi yabancı cisim aspirasyonu açısından önemli risk faktörleri arasında değerlendirilmelidirObjective: To evaluate the determination of demographic and clinical characteristics and the roles of parental education and income levels in foreign body aspirations in childhood.Methods: Seventeen patients who admitted to the Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Pulmonology for foreign body aspirations and from whom the body is taken out were evaluated retrospectively, and compared with the demographic features of 60 matched healthy children with the same age and gender.Results: The mean age of the patients was 14.9±4.8 months, and of the patients 9 (53%) were males. The most common symptoms at admission were sudden onset of cough (76.5%) and wheezing (64.7%), while sunflower peel (47%) was the most commonly detected foreign body. Difference in lung aeration was the most common finding (76.5%) in radiological imagings, and foreign bodies were mostly removed from right bronchus (47%). While 76.5% of the patients had 5 or more households, this ratio was 46.6% in control group (p0.008). Income level of patient group was significantly lower compared to control group (p0.02). The rate of mothers who did not have high school and/or university education was higher (94.1%) than the control group (63.3%) (p0.02).Conclusion: Foreign body aspiration should be the first reason to be thought when there is a sudden onset of cough and wheezing in a child. Low socioeconomic level, to be in a crowded family and low education level of the mother should be evaluated among risk factors for foreign body aspiration