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Managing Foreign Body Airway Obstruction with Magill Forceps: A Case Report

Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
Introduction: Foreign body airway obstruction is a high-stakes airway emergency that can rapidly become fatal without timely intervention. Case Report: We present a case of a 65-year-old male in respiratory extremis due to aspiration of a chicken bone ...
Ossama Sayed, Samuel Garcia, Benjamin J. Sandefur   +2 more
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Invention of the Flexible Fiberoptic Nasopharyngolaryngoscope: Perspectives From the East

The Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
The fiberoptic nasopharyngolaryngoscope was developed in 1967 by Drs. Masayuki Sawashima, Hajime Hirose, and Osamu Fujimura at the University of Tokyo's Research Institute of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (RILP), building on Dr. Shigeto Ikeda's 1962 fiberoptic bronchoscope during Japan's postwar surge in technological innovation.
Carolyn J. Khoury, Rumi Ueha, Tyler G. Chan, Katherine Tai, Peak Woo, Hiroshi Imagawa, Kenji Kondo, Anaïs Rameau   +7 more
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In emergency situations, tracheal intubation replaces fiberoptic bronchoscopy to extract foreign bodies from the airway, a case report

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
Introduction: Foreign bodies in the airways can cause significant morbidity and mortality. If emergency personnel are unable to clear an airway obstruction frequently results in cardiac arrest.
Yingying Wang, Liqun Zhu, Hairong Yong, Xiaohong Lv, Binbin Qian, Zihan Wang   +5 more
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Nasal Foreign Body, Dislodged and Lost – Can the Adenoids Help? [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2015
Foreign body in the nasal cavity is one of the most common paediatric otolaryngology emergencies and needs to be promptly addressed. The incidence of nasal foreign body getting dislodged secondary to unsuccessful attempts to take it out is quite high ...
Arijit Jotdar, Mainak Dutta, Subrata Mukhopadhyay   +2 more
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Buried oropharyngeal metal mesh foreign bodies in an infant

Otolaryngology Case Reports, 2021
Airway foreign bodies are a medical emergency in children, as airway obstruction results in immediate respiratory distress. Common ingested foreign bodies differ among children from different social backgrounds, and metal foreign bodies, such as pins ...
Shotaro Koizumi, Jun Suzuki, Yohei Honkura, Kenichi Watanabe, Yukio Katori   +4 more
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Intelligent Continuum Micromachines in Complex Confined Spaces

SmartBot, EarlyView.
The cover depicts a conceptual design for an intelligent continuum micromachine entering a target capsule used in fusion‐energy research through its slender gas‐fill tube. By combining route‐adaptive deformation, embedded sensing, and a functional end effector, the robot could inspect hidden defects, assess local conditions, and support localized ...
Huayang Sai, Yunyue Yang, Shuxing Xu, Jinbo Hu, Jiliang Wang, Zhehao Gan, Wei Tang, Tian‐Yun Huang   +7 more
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Upper airway obstruction in an adolescent: Can airway foreign bodies be missed without self-reporting?

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2020
Upper airway obstruction due to foreign body aspiration is rare in adolescents. Diagnosis of the same is difficult, and incorrect, delay of treatment is common in patients with no aspiration history.
Hiroshi Fukumasa, Satoshi Tsuji, Kengo Kawamura, Nao Nishimura   +3 more
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Chemical and Biological Determinants of PEG‐Lipid Shedding From Therapeutic Nanoparticles

Small, EarlyView.
PEG‐lipids play a central role in governing lipid nanoparticle stability, targeting, and function. However, PEG‐lipids can “shed” from the nanoparticle surface in biological environments, with the extent and kinetics of shedding influenced by chemical and biological factors.
Ethan P. Cisneros, Aadya S. Wijesekera, Lisa R. Volpatti   +2 more
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Eosinophilic plastic bronchitis – A case report

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports
An airway foreign body can be a life threatening, otolaryngologic emergency that requires prompt evaluation and intervention. Plastic bronchitis is a rare and underrecognized cause of bronchial casts associated with a history of cardiac surgery ...
A. Claire Chapel, Yutika Mandal, Charles Timmons, Cynthia Wang, Princy Ghera   +4 more
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Clinical characteristics of immediate allergic adverse reactions to intravenous amoxicillin‒clavulanic acid in conscious dogs

Veterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Amoxicillin‒clavulanic acid (AMC) is one of the most frequently used antibiotics in small animal practice, and reports on adverse reactions are scarce. The aim of this study was to describe the clinical characteristics of immediate allergic adverse reactions to intravenous (IV) AMC in conscious dogs. Methods The medical records of a
Leonel Frutuoso, Anna Threlfall
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