RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The choking hazard of grapes: a plea for awareness
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 473
OP 474
DO 10.1136/archdischild-2016-311750
VO 102
IS 5
A1 Amy J Lumsden
A1 Jamie G Cooper
YR 2017
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/102/5/473.abstract
AB Deaths from choking are a major cause of childhood mortality, especially in the very young. Whole grapes are ideally suited to cause paediatric airway obstruction and, though regularly implicated, knowledge that this popular fruit, and other similarly shaped foods, is a choking hazard is not widespread. We present the cases of three children who presented to our institution after grape aspiration. Increased dissemination of the learning points among health professionals working with children may aid in the prevention of further episodes.