Case: pediatric airway foreign body

Hey folks, I thought I'd bring up an interesting case for people to talk about! Check this out: On a weekend call shift, a 9 month old girl comes to the OR for airway foreign body removal. Baby has had a month now of initially tugging at ears and URI sxs, progressed to coughing, treated as bronchiolitis and eventually concern for development of pneumonia which has been treated with abx for the last 2 weeks. Now presented from PCP's office to the ED with increased tachypnea / respiratory... Read more
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