Acta
Medica Medianae
Vol. 43
Number 2, April, 2004
UDK 61
YU ISSN 0365-4478
Contact:
Božidar
Petrović,
Clinic of Otorinolaringology, Clinical centar,
52 Dr Zoran Djindjic Street,
18000 Nis, Serbia and Montenegro
Phone: 018/530-674,
e-mail:
bela@bankerinter.net
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LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT FOREIGN BODIES AS A CAUSE OF OBSTRUCTIVE DISEASE
Božidar Petrović
Clinic of
Otorinolaringology, Clinical centar, Nis
There are many causes of lung ventilation distrurbances including: bronchial
obstruction (extraluminal, mural or intraluminal), lack of surfactant,
neuromuscular disorders, myoelastic fibres contraction in terminal bronches
which are under autonomous and immune control.
Respiratory tract obstruction are of great importance in otorhynolaryngology.
Prompt diagnose is crutial for good recovery and avoidance of complications.
In this paper we analyzed patients treated for lower respiratory tract
obstruction between the period of 1999 to 2003 at the Clinic for
Otorhynolaringology. During this period 49 patients were treated with
tracheobronchospcopy and foreign body removal.
As a result of better collaboration between pediatritians and specialist in
otorhynolaryngology we found more frequent diagnosis of lower respiratory tract,
foreign bodies and bronchoscopic extraction. Acta Medicae Medianae 2004; 43(2):
65-67.
Key words: lower respiratory tract foreign bodies, fast diagnosis,
tracheobronchoscopy
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