heart-rate-pulse-graph

Foreign Body Aspiration (FBA)

Anesthesia Implications

Clinically reviewed by anesthesia providers · Updated

Difficult AirwayHypoxiaAvoid HypoxiaCyanosisDyspneaBronchospasm riskReactive AirwayCopious SecretionsPneumothoraxReduced Cardiac OutputAir Trapping (Auto-PEEP)Shared Airway

Pathophysiology

Foreign body aspiration is an aerodigestive object lodged in the airway, and it is the fourth leading cause of death in preschool and younger children. Airway resistance rises with the inverse fourth...

Continue reading

Read the full condition post with a free account

Free. It opens every drug, surgery and condition in the library.

Already have an account?