TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Airway Foreign Body Removal A1 - Shochat, Guy A1 - Nemer, Jacqueline A1 - Walner, David L. A1 - Anderson, Jr., Martin E. A2 - Reichman, Eric F. Y1 - 2018 N1 - T2 - Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e AB - The presence of an airway foreign body is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in children, especially those younger than 3 years of age. Children use their mouths to explore their surroundings. Over 70% of foreign body aspirations occur in children.1,2 Boys are twice as likely as girls to experience an airway foreign body.3 The incidence of airway foreign bodies has decreased over the past four decades due to public awareness campaigns. The mortality rate following foreign body aspiration is estimated to be 1% to 2%. This rate has remained fairly constant since the beginning of the 20th century. The mortality rate was approximately 24% prior to the advent of endoscopic techniques for airway foreign body removal.4 In the year 2000, ingestion or aspiration of a foreign body resulted in more than 17,000 Emergency Department (ED) visits in the United States.5 The death rate has remained at approximately 4000 deaths per year for the past two decades.6-8The most serious and life-threatening scenario is complete airway obstruction. This usually occurs at the level of the larynx or trachea. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159809604 ER -