Nasal wash technique for nasal foreign body removal

Pediatr Emerg Care. 2000 Feb;16(1):59-60. doi: 10.1097/00006565-200002000-00019.

Abstract

Nasal foreign bodies are seen commonly both in the office and pediatric emergency department setting. There have been a number of strategies described for their removal. We describe the "nasal wash" as a technique for nasal foreign body removal in the following three case reports. The "nasal wash" has been used in many pediatric vaccine studies as a method to collect mucus and relies on simple equipment readily available in the office setting.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Child
  • Emergency Medicine / instrumentation
  • Emergency Medicine / methods*
  • Female
  • Foreign Bodies / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Nose*
  • Pediatrics / instrumentation
  • Pediatrics / methods*
  • Sodium Chloride
  • Syringes
  • Therapeutic Irrigation / instrumentation
  • Therapeutic Irrigation / methods*

Substances

  • Sodium Chloride