@article{3101222,
    title = "Injuries due to foreign body aspirations in Georgia: A prevention perspective",
    author = "Gvetadze, P. and Chkhaidze, I. and Baldas, S. and Comoretto, R. and Gregori, D. and Berchialla, P. and Rodriguez, H. and Zaupa, P. and Spitzer, P. and Demetriades, C. and Slapák, I. and Sokolova, L. and Petridou, E. and Antonio Caldeira Pais Clemente, M. and Jakubíková, J. and Van As, S. and De Koning, T. and Passali, D. and Cuestas, G. and Bouchikhi, N. and Chinsky, A. and Ro, H. and Tortosa, S. and Alassia, O. and Abete, F. and Sica, G. and Di Blasio, A. and Rodríguez, V. and Taire, D. and Paoli, B. and Rene Marquez, C. and Razetti, J. and Adolfo Mariotti, C. and Héctor Ariel, A. and Zanetta, A. and Dario, F. and Milena Pabón, S. and Quijano, A. and Elena Nieto, M. and Villca, N. and Brkic, F. and Reis, M. and Manrique, D. and Nkodo, Y. and Ludemann, J. and Cheng peng, J. and Barón Puentes, O.U. and Mladina, R. and Gomez De La Rosa, E. and Kalakouta, O. and eas Melis, A. and Zeitouni, F. and Máchalová, M. and Slapak, J. and Pecková, P. and Caye-Thomasen, P. and Silva Chacon, F. and Parker, J. and Elsheikh, E. and Ragab, A. and Pitkäranta, A. and Contencin Necker, P. and Derelle, J. and Duwelz, M. and Francois, M. and Pezzettigotta, S. and Righini, C. and Buzarov, J. and Bernhard, R. and Jahnke, V. and Onder, G. and Zieriacks, P. and Siegfried, K. and Koitschev, A. and Kalampoki, V. and Simasko, N. and Skoulakis, C. and Gulati, A. and Camaioni, A. and Cutrone, C. and Gaudini, E. and Grasso, D. and Mansi, N. and Messi, G. and Orlando, C. and Preziosi, S. and Sorrentini, I. and Trozzi, M. and o Vigo, A. and Villari, G. and Cesare Passali, G. and Maria Passali, F. and Piantanida, R. and Giordano, C. and Mercuri, L. and Cecconi, A. and Giovari, M. and Nishida, Y. and Ussatayeva, G. and Antonio De Hoyos Parra, R. and Gonzalez, J.L. and Eleuterio Gonzá lez, J. and Emmanuel Ologe, F. and Nasrullah, M. and Melendez, A. and Milanes, R. and Chmielik, M. and Belchior, T. and Dan Cobzeanu, M. and Cristian Gheorghe, D. and Iorgulescu, A. and Caius-Codrut and Toader, M. and Barkociová, J. and Havelkova, B. and Janka and Koman, A. and Zargi, M. and Pumarola, F. and Rubio, L. and Perniás Peco, K. and Stierna, P. and Hsu, W. and Arj-Ong, S. and Chomchai, C. and Chotigavanich, C. and Hoep, L. and Rinkel, R. and Berraies, A. and Aydin Baskent, E. and Sarper Erikci, V. and Onerci, M. and Graham, J. and Khwaja, S. and Raine, C. and Haloob, N. and Doassans Goḿez Haedo, I. and Mehta, D. and Casselbrant, M. and Susy Safe Working Group",
    journal = "International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology",
    year = "2016",
    volume = "83",
    pages = "84-87",
    publisher = "Elsevier Ireland Ltd",
    issn = "0165-5876",
    doi = "10.1016/j.ijporl.2015.12.007",
    keywords = "accident prevention;  airway obstruction;  Article;  bronchiectasis;  bronchoscopy;  child;  controlled study;  foreign body aspiration;  Georgia (republic);  human;  infant;  injury;  lung abscess;  major clinical study;  priority journal;  public health;  respiratory tract injury;  suffocation;  upper airway injury;  adolescent;  asphyxia;  exposure;  Foreign Bodies;  Georgia;  hospitalization;  injuries;  preschool child;  register;  respiratory system;  Wounds and Injuries, Adolescent;  Asphyxia;  Child;  Child, Preschool;  Foreign Bodies;  Georgia;  Hospitalization;  Humans;  Infant;  Inhalation Exposure;  Registries;  Respiratory System;  Wounds and Injuries",
    abstract = "Background: Suffocation due to foreign bodies (FB) is a leading cause of death in children aged 0-3. No data from the former U.S.S.R. are available in the international scientific literature. Methods: Consecutive patients admitted at the Iashvili Central Children Hospital in Tbilisi, Georgia from 1989 to 2011 were analyzed. Injuries in the upper airways due to foreign bodies' inhalation were collected and compared with the Susy Safe Registry and the pooled estimates of the meta-analysis. Results: 2896 cases were collected. Distribution of injuries in children younger than 3 years was significantly higher than in the Susy Safe Registry and in the "High-Income" countries in the meta-analysis. Percentage of injuries due to organic objects (86%) was significantly higher than in published data. Conclusions: Since Georgia is not showing any substantial difference, both in epidemiology and treatment of foreign bodies injuries, as compared to the other case series, translation of public health initiatives from other most advanced prevention experiences is possible and it is likely to be effective. Level of evidence: Level V, Epidemiological case series. © 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd."
}