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choking

MedGen UID:
40257
Concept ID:
C0008301
Pathologic Function
Synonym: Choking
SNOMED CT: Choking (249489001)

Definition

Interference with respiration by compression or obstruction of the larynx or trachea. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Fisher M, Zimmerman J, Bucher C, Yadlosky L
Curr Gastroenterol Rep 2023 Dec;25(12):421-429. Epub 2023 Sep 27 doi: 10.1007/s11894-023-00900-w. PMID: 37755631
Wilkinson JM, Codipilly DC, Wilfahrt RP
Am Fam Physician 2021 Jan 15;103(2):97-106. PMID: 33448766
Choudhary AK, Servaes S, Slovis TL, Palusci VJ, Hedlund GL, Narang SK, Moreno JA, Dias MS, Christian CW, Nelson MD Jr, Silvera VM, Palasis S, Raissaki M, Rossi A, Offiah AC
Pediatr Radiol 2018 Aug;48(8):1048-1065. Epub 2018 May 23 doi: 10.1007/s00247-018-4149-1. PMID: 29796797

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Bergamini M, Simeone G, Verga MC, Doria M, Cuomo B, D'Antonio G, Dello Iacono I, Di Mauro G, Leonardi L, Miniello VL, Palma F, Scotese I, Tezza G, Caroli M, Vania A
Nutrients 2022 Jun 26;14(13) doi: 10.3390/nu14132646. PMID: 35807827Free PMC Article
Boswell N
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021 Jul 4;18(13) doi: 10.3390/ijerph18137165. PMID: 34281101Free PMC Article
Wilkinson JM, Codipilly DC, Wilfahrt RP
Am Fam Physician 2021 Jan 15;103(2):97-106. PMID: 33448766
Couper K, Abu Hassan A, Ohri V, Patterson E, Tang HT, Bingham R, Olasveengen T, Perkins GD; International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Basic and Paediatric Life Support Task Force Collaborators
Resuscitation 2020 Nov;156:174-181. Epub 2020 Sep 16 doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.09.007. PMID: 32949674
Arantes ALAE, Neves FS, Campos AAL, Pereira Netto M
Rev Paul Pediatr 2018 Jul-Sep;36(3):353-363. Epub 2018 Jul 10 doi: 10.1590/1984-0462/;2018;36;3;00001. PMID: 29995141Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Fisher M, Zimmerman J, Bucher C, Yadlosky L
Curr Gastroenterol Rep 2023 Dec;25(12):421-429. Epub 2023 Sep 27 doi: 10.1007/s11894-023-00900-w. PMID: 37755631
Idir Y, Oudiette D, Arnulf I
J Sleep Res 2022 Aug;31(4):e13596. Epub 2022 Apr 6 doi: 10.1111/jsr.13596. PMID: 35388549
Wilkinson JM, Codipilly DC, Wilfahrt RP
Am Fam Physician 2021 Jan 15;103(2):97-106. PMID: 33448766
Muir AB
Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care 2018 Mar;48(3):99-101. doi: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2018.01.006. PMID: 29571547
Hayes NM, Chidekel A
Del Med J 2004 Sep;76(9):335-40. PMID: 15510972

Therapy

Boaden E, Burnell J, Hives L, Dey P, Clegg A, Lyons MW, Lightbody CE, Hurley MA, Roddam H, McInnes E, Alexandrov A, Watkins CL
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2021 Oct 18;10(10):CD012679. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012679.pub2. PMID: 34661279Free PMC Article
Couper K, Abu Hassan A, Ohri V, Patterson E, Tang HT, Bingham R, Olasveengen T, Perkins GD; International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Basic and Paediatric Life Support Task Force Collaborators
Resuscitation 2020 Nov;156:174-181. Epub 2020 Sep 16 doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.09.007. PMID: 32949674
Gomez MS, Novaes APT, Silva JPD, Guerra LM, Possobon RF
Rev Paul Pediatr 2020;38:e2018084. Epub 2020 Jan 13 doi: 10.1590/1984-0462/2020/38/2018084. PMID: 31939505Free PMC Article
Poddar U
Paediatr Int Child Health 2019 Feb;39(1):7-12. Epub 2018 Aug 6 doi: 10.1080/20469047.2018.1489649. PMID: 30080479
Dogan E, Yilmaz G, Caylan N, Turgut M, Gokcay G, Oguz MM
Pediatr Int 2018 Dec;60(12):1073-1080. doi: 10.1111/ped.13671. PMID: 30074671

Prognosis

Byard RW
Med Sci Law 2021 Jul;61(3):193-197. Epub 2021 Jan 20 doi: 10.1177/0025802420988224. PMID: 33470168
Zellner T, Eyer F
Toxicol Lett 2020 Mar 1;320:73-79. Epub 2019 Dec 4 doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2019.12.005. PMID: 31811912
Varadan M, Chopra A, Sanghavi AD, Sivaraman K, Gupta K
J Stomatol Oral Maxillofac Surg 2019 Dec;120(6):549-553. Epub 2019 Jun 27 doi: 10.1016/j.jormas.2019.06.003. PMID: 31255827
Rousan TA, Mathew ST, Thadani U
Drugs 2017 Mar;77(3):265-284. doi: 10.1007/s40265-017-0691-7. PMID: 28120185
Ansell SM, Grant CS, Habermann TM
Semin Oncol 1999 Jun;26(3):316-23. PMID: 10375088

Clinical prediction guides

Arslan N, Kurtuncu M, Turhan PM
J Pediatr Nurs 2023 Nov-Dec;73:196-203. Epub 2023 Sep 13 doi: 10.1016/j.pedn.2023.09.006. PMID: 37714048
Bocquet A, Brancato S, Turck D, Chalumeau M, Darmaun D, De Luca A, Feillet F, Frelut ML, Guimber D, Lapillonne A, Linglart A, Peretti N, Rozé JC, Simeoni U, Briend A, Dupont C, Chouraqui JP; Committee on Nutrition of the French Society of Pediatrics (CNSFP)
Arch Pediatr 2022 Oct;29(7):516-525. Epub 2022 Sep 13 doi: 10.1016/j.arcped.2022.08.012. PMID: 36109286
Idir Y, Oudiette D, Arnulf I
J Sleep Res 2022 Aug;31(4):e13596. Epub 2022 Apr 6 doi: 10.1111/jsr.13596. PMID: 35388549
Couper K, Abu Hassan A, Ohri V, Patterson E, Tang HT, Bingham R, Olasveengen T, Perkins GD; International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Basic and Paediatric Life Support Task Force Collaborators
Resuscitation 2020 Nov;156:174-181. Epub 2020 Sep 16 doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.09.007. PMID: 32949674
Muir AB
Curr Probl Pediatr Adolesc Health Care 2018 Mar;48(3):99-101. doi: 10.1016/j.cppeds.2018.01.006. PMID: 29571547

Recent systematic reviews

Bergamini M, Simeone G, Verga MC, Doria M, Cuomo B, D'Antonio G, Dello Iacono I, Di Mauro G, Leonardi L, Miniello VL, Palma F, Scotese I, Tezza G, Caroli M, Vania A
Nutrients 2022 Jun 26;14(13) doi: 10.3390/nu14132646. PMID: 35807827Free PMC Article
Boaden E, Burnell J, Hives L, Dey P, Clegg A, Lyons MW, Lightbody CE, Hurley MA, Roddam H, McInnes E, Alexandrov A, Watkins CL
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2021 Oct 18;10(10):CD012679. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012679.pub2. PMID: 34661279Free PMC Article
Couper K, Abu Hassan A, Ohri V, Patterson E, Tang HT, Bingham R, Olasveengen T, Perkins GD; International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Basic and Paediatric Life Support Task Force Collaborators
Resuscitation 2020 Nov;156:174-181. Epub 2020 Sep 16 doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2020.09.007. PMID: 32949674
D'Auria E, Bergamini M, Staiano A, Banderali G, Pendezza E, Penagini F, Zuccotti GV, Peroni DG; Italian Society of Pediatrics
Ital J Pediatr 2018 May 3;44(1):49. doi: 10.1186/s13052-018-0487-8. PMID: 29724233Free PMC Article
Brodsky MB, Suiter DM, González-Fernández M, Michtalik HJ, Frymark TB, Venediktov R, Schooling T
Chest 2016 Jul;150(1):148-63. Epub 2016 Apr 19 doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2016.03.059. PMID: 27102184Free PMC Article

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