Traumatic Epiglottitis following a Blind Insertion of the Hand during Convulsion
Traditionally, it has been recommended that first-responders should place chopsticks or their hand in a child’s mouth to prevent the child from biting their tongue during convulsion. The practice persists locally in parts of Japan and can cause adverse events. We report a traumatic epiglottitis foll...
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| description | Traditionally, it has been recommended that first-responders should place chopsticks or their hand in a child’s mouth to prevent the child from biting their tongue during convulsion. The practice persists locally in parts of Japan and can cause adverse events. We report a traumatic epiglottitis following the thrusting of a guardians’ hand into a 13-month-old girl’s mouth to prevent her from biting her tongue. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8eeabd71bf0a4bcf864942059bb752a52025-08-20T02:09:21ZengWileyCase Reports in Pediatrics2090-68032090-68112018-01-01201810.1155/2018/83985028398502Traumatic Epiglottitis following a Blind Insertion of the Hand during ConvulsionKoji Yokoyama0Department of Pediatrics, Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama, JapanTraditionally, it has been recommended that first-responders should place chopsticks or their hand in a child’s mouth to prevent the child from biting their tongue during convulsion. The practice persists locally in parts of Japan and can cause adverse events. We report a traumatic epiglottitis following the thrusting of a guardians’ hand into a 13-month-old girl’s mouth to prevent her from biting her tongue.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8398502 |
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| title | Traumatic Epiglottitis following a Blind Insertion of the Hand during Convulsion |
| title_full | Traumatic Epiglottitis following a Blind Insertion of the Hand during Convulsion |
| title_fullStr | Traumatic Epiglottitis following a Blind Insertion of the Hand during Convulsion |
| title_full_unstemmed | Traumatic Epiglottitis following a Blind Insertion of the Hand during Convulsion |
| title_short | Traumatic Epiglottitis following a Blind Insertion of the Hand during Convulsion |
| title_sort | traumatic epiglottitis following a blind insertion of the hand during convulsion |
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