TY - JOUR AU - Prakash, Sanjay AU - Bhusal, C L AU - Acharya, K AU - Sinha, B K PY - 2009/04/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Subglottic Chicken Bone in a Five Months old Baby JF - Journal of Nepal Medical Association JA - J Nepal Med Assoc VL - 48 IS - 174 SE - Case Reports DO - 10.31729/jnma.239 UR - http://jnma.com.np/jnma/index.php/jnma/article/view/239 SP - 170-2 AB - <p>Foreign body aspiration most commonly affects young children,with respiratory symptoms such as <br />wheeze and cough after a choking<br />episode. When the foreign body is fi rst inhaled as per witnessed <br />by the parents or caregiver there is always choking or gaging episode, followed by a coughing spell. <br />The absence of a cough strongly rules out the possibility of foreign body having entered the air <br />passage. Here we report a case of chicken bone inhaled as foreign body in a fi ve months old baby.<br />Key Words: bone, chicken, subglottic</p> ER -