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Anesthetic Management in Emergent Pediatric Foreign Bodies

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Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is one of the most challenging and emergent situations in the pediatric population. It is a cause of significant morbidity and mortality. In the United States, FBA was responsible for about 4800 deaths in 2013, or about 1 death per 100,000 children 0–4 years.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA

    Suresh Thomas

  2. Pediatric Anesthesiology, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA

    Suresh Thomas

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center/George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

    Nikhil Patel

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    Diego Preciado

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, USA

    Susan Verghese

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Thomas, S., Patel, N. (2019). Anesthetic Management in Emergent Pediatric Foreign Bodies. In: Preciado, D., Verghese, S. (eds) Anesthetic Management for the Pediatric Airway . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04600-2_11

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