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Table 4 Bronchoscopy findings

From: Risk factors associated with radiolucent foreign body inhalation in adults: a 10-year retrospective cohort study

 

All (n = 114)

Radiopaque (n = 28)

Radiolucent (n = 86)

P-value

Site of foreign body

 

0.005*

 Glottis

3 (3%)

2 (7%)

1 (1%)

 

 Windpipe

2 (2%)

0 (0%)

2 (2%)

 

 Left main bronchus

6 (5%)

1 (4%)

5 (6%)

 

 Left upper lobe bronchus

7 (6%)

4 (14%)

3 (3%)

 

 Left lower lobe bronchus

12 (11%)

2 (7%)

10 (12%)

 

 Right main bronchus

34 (30%)

15 (53%)

19 (22%)

 

 Right upper lobe bronchus

5 (4%)

0 (0%)

5 (6%)

 

 Right middle lobe bronchus

10 (9%)

1 (4%)

9 (10%)

 

 Right lower lobe bronchus

25 (22%)

3 (11%)

22 (26%)

 

 Multiple sites

10 (9%)

0 (0%)

10 (12%)

 

Type of foreign body

 

0.03*

 Bones

58 (51%)

20 (71%)

38 (44%)

 

 Medicine pills

2 (2%)

1 (4%)

1 (1%)

 

 Plants/meat

34 (30%)

3 (11%)

31 (36%)

 

 Inorganics#

6 (5%)

2 (7%)

4 (5%)

 

 Multiple foreign bodies

3 (3%)

0 (0%)

3 (3%)

 

 Unknown

11 (10%)

2 (7%)

9 (10%)

 
  1. Data are n (%). *P-value < 0.05 with statistical significance. #Metal, plastic films and dentures are classified as inorganics