TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - The sweet lung: Chewing gummi bear aspiration
JO  - Lung India: official organ of Indian Chest Society
A1  - Tavladaki, Theonimfi
A1  - Fitrolaki, Michaela-Diana
A1  - Spanaki, Anna-Maria
A1  - Ilia, Staurula
A1  - Geromarkaki, Elissabet
A1  - Briassoulis, George
SP  - 267
EP  - 269
VL  - 29
IS  - 3
N2  - Inhalation of foreign bodies, a leading cause of accidental death, is most common in preschool children. In this article we report our experience with a 5-year-old Greek girl who presented with a 24-hour history of sore throat, chest pain, and shortness of breath. Emergency bronchoscopy was performed and multiple small chewing gummi bear (HARIBO) particles impacted in the orifices of the right main bronchus and right lobar and segmentalinic bronchi were successfully removed and aspirated. Aspiration of gummi bears, which is for the first time reported, may cause a silent choking episode leading to life-threatening bronchi obstruction at multiple sites, even in children older than 4 years.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0970-2113
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.99113
ID  - ref1
ER  -