A 2-year prospective evaluation of airway clearance devices in foreign body airway obstructions.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To collect, analyze and report the first prospective, industry-independent, data on airway clearance devices as novel foreign body airway obstruction interventions.

Methods

We recruited adult airway clearance device users between July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2023 using a centralized website and email follow-up. The data collection tool captured patient, responder, situation, and outcome variables. Multi-step respondent validation occurred using electronic and geolocation verification, a random selection follow-up process, and physician review of all submitted cases.

Results

We recruited 186 airway clearance device users (LifeVac©:157 [84.4%]; Dechoker©:29 [15.6%]). LifeVac© was the last intervention before foreign body airway obstruction relief in 151 of 157 cases. O

SUBMITTER: Dunne CL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10658362 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature