EBK STUDY GUIDE FOR UNDERSTANDING PATHO
EBK STUDY GUIDE FOR UNDERSTANDING PATHO
6th Edition
ISBN: 8220103144537
Author: MCCANCE
Publisher: YUZU
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Chapter 28.1, Problem 2QC
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To explain: The symptoms of aspiration of a foreign body.

Concept introduction: Children between the ages of 1 to 4 years are very curious and lack discrimination between things (in general), which makes them to swallow foreign objects like toys, buttons, and many more. They are not familiar with biting, chewing, and swallowing the food, which causes lodging of food particles in their airways. All the above instances are collectively called as aspiration of foreign bodies.

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