PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Eliçora, Aykut
AU  - Liman, Şerife Tuba
AU  - Aşlı, Tuğba
AU  - Hoşten, Tülay
AU  - Topçu, Salih
TI  - Aspiration of a Cigarette Filter From a Bronchodilator Inhaler
AID  - 10.4187/respcare.01898
DP  - 2013 Apr 01
TA  - Respiratory Care
PG  - e39--e41
VI  - 58
IP  - 4
4099  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/58/4/e39.short
4100  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/58/4/e39.full
AB  - The majority of foreign-body aspirations are seen in children. In adults, neurological dysfunction, trauma, alcohol abuse, or psychological disorders can lead to aspiration, but normal adults can also suffer foreign body aspiration. The symptoms include acute asphyxiation, with or without complete airway obstruction, cough, dyspnea, choking, and fever, which also occur in many other medical conditions. Bronchoscopic removal of the foreign body is necessary, and flexible bronchoscopy is effective in the diagnosis and removal. We saw a patient with COPD who aspirated a plastic cigarette filter while using his bronchodilator inhaler.