Table 6.
Available data reported in literature concerning Foreign body Aspiration in infants and child
| No. of patients | Age range (months - years) | Study duration (years) | Most common clinical symptom (% frequency) | Most common age (% frequency) | Commonest foreign body | M: F | References - Country [References] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 120 | 6 - 6 | 7 years (1997-2003) | Cough (70%) | 1- 3 years (55.8%) | Ground nuts | 93:27 | Gandhi et al., 2007- India 22 |
| 548 | 2 -16 | 10 years (1987- 1997) | Cough (83%) | 2 -4 years (23.3%) | Dried nuts | 305:243 | Oğuzkaya et al., 1998- Turkey 23 |
| 44 | 3 - 15 | 5 years (2001 - 2006) | Cough (82%) | < 3 years (77%) | ------ | --- | Rahbarimanesh et al., 2008- Iran 24 |
| 87 | 5 - 15 | 8 years (1990 - 1998) | -------------- | ----------- | Dried nuts | 57:30 | Metrangolo et al., 1999- Italy 25 |
| 316 | 0 - 12 | 10 years (1995 - 2005) | Breathlessness (93.2%) | 1 - 3 years (69.9%) | Ground nuts | 139:67 | Kalyanappagol et al., 2007- India 26 |
| 40 | 1 - 20 | 4 years (1996 - 2000) | Cough (75%) | 5 - 16 (60%) | Whistle | 28:12 | Rehman et al., 2000- Pakistan27 |
| 189 | 2.7 ± 2.12 ₤ | 4 years (1997 - 2001) | Choking (43.3%) | 1 - 3 years (72%) | Pip | 105:84 | Erikçi et al., 2003- Turkey 28 |
| 357 | 4 - 70 | 10 years (1990 - 2000) | Cough (78.4%) | 10 - 25 years (43.2%) | Needle | 151:206 | Eroğlu et al., 2003- Turkey 29 |
| 244 | 0-17 | 10 years (1994 - 2003) | ----------- | 0-3 years (68%) | Peanuts | 107:75 | Latifi et al., 2006- Kosovo 30 |
| 132 | 0-10 | 20 years (1997 - 2007) | Wheeze and cough (53.8%) | 1- 3 years (41.6%) | Peanuts | 80:52 | Yadav et al., 2007 - Singapore 31 |
| 210 | 0-13 | 8 years (1991 - 1999) | Suffocation history (91.5%) | 1-2 years (53.3%) | Nuts | 134:76 | Skoulakis et al., 2000 - Greece 32 |
| 32 | 43.81 ± 21.43 ₤ | 14 years (1987-2008) | Acute infection (25%) | ---------------- | Inorganics objects | 21:11 | Blanco et al., 2009 - Spain 33 |
| 27 | 0 - 18 | 13 years (1993-2006) | Cough (100%) and history of choking (74%) | -------------- | Peanuts and watermelon seeds | ----- | Chik et al., 2009-Hong kong 34 |
| 96 | 10 -70 | 12 years (1995-2007) | Cough (82.3%) | 1-3 years (32.1%) | Peanuts | 62:34 | Cobanoğlu and Yalçınkaya, 2009 - Turkey 35 |
| 1027 | 5 - 14 | 8 years (2000-2008) | Paroxysmal cough (84.3%) | -------------- | Dried nuts | 626:401 | Tang et al., 2009 -China 36 |
| 78 | 0 - 14 | 5 years (1997-2002) | -------- | <3 years (89.5%) | seeds, nuts, berries and grains | 45:33 | Göktas et al., 2009- Germany 37 |
| 1015 | 2 - 9 | 20 years (1998-2008) | Cough (73.03%) | 1- 3 years (54.8%) | Seed | 644:371 | Present study |