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Paediatric Inhaled Foreign Body Prevention

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What is Paediatric Inhaled Foreign Body Prevention?

Prevention strategies: Children aged under 5 years are at the greatest risk of inhaled foreign bodies, especially food. Young children should not be offered hard round foods such as popcorn, hard lollies, uncut grapes, peanuts or other nuts, raw carrot or apples.

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  • Coughing, choking, wheezing and possibly vomiting.
  • Unexplained shortness of breath and possible fever.
  • Potential progression to unconsciousness and cardiorespiratory arrest.
  • Lung abscess.
  • Bronchiectasis due to chronic infection.
  • Atelectasis due to prolonged airway obstruction.
  • Pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax (rare complications of foreign body removal)
  • grapes, raisins, apple chunks.
  • These include, but are not limited to:
  • hot dogs, sausages, chunks of meat.
  • nuts, peanuts, popcorn, watermelon seeds, raw carrots.
  • hard candy, marshmallows, chewing gum, popcorn.
  • Hard and/or round foods should not be offered to children younger than four years of age.
  • Activity whilst eating.
  • Access to inappropriate foods or objects.
  • Older siblings who may place food or foreign objects into the child's mouth.
  • grapes, raisins, apple chunks.
  • These include, but are not limited to:
  • hot dogs, sausages, chunks of meat.
  • Hard and/or round foods should not be offered to children younger than four years of age.

How is it diagnosed?

How is it diagnosed?
  • Children aged under 5 years are at the greatest risk of inhaled foreign bodies, especially food.
  • Young children should not be offered hard round foods such as popcorn, hard lollies, uncut grapes, peanuts or other nuts, raw carrot or apples.
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How is it treated?

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Infants should be fed solid food only by adults, and only when the infant is sitting upright. All meals for young children should be supervised by an adult. Children should be taught to chew their food well; shouting, talking, playing, running,crying, and laughing while eating should be discouraged.

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