PEDIATRICS Vol. 58 No. 3 September 1976, pp. 362-367
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Management of Tracheobronchial Foreign Bodies in Children: A Reevaluation of Postural Drainage and Bronchoscopy

Dennis Law M.D.1 and Ann M. Kosloske M.D.1

1 Departments of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Denver and the University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver

The efficacy of the inhalation-postural drainage technique for removal of aspirated foreign bodies was compared with that of bronchoscopy in 76 children. Twelve of 49 children on postural drainage coughed out the foreign body (25%); the other 37 required bronchoscopy. The foreign body was successfully removed in 56 of 63 children who were bronchoscoped (89%). Our experience suggests that a trial of inhalation-postural drainage, administered in a hospital, may be valuable in the initial management of aspirated foreign bodies. If unsuccessful after several treatments, however, the technique should be abandoned, and bronchoscopy performed. Delay of foreign body removal beyond 24 hours may be associated with increased morbidity and prolonged hospital stay. With recent improvements in pediatric endoscopic instruments, the efficacy of bronchoscopy exceeds 90%.

Submitted on August 15, 1975
Accepted on November 14, 1975




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