en تخصصي Special پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="color:#009999;"><strong><em>Background:</em></strong></span> Aspiration or ingestion of foreign bodies (FBs) is a common health problem leading to hospitalization of children around the world. The purpose of this study was to detect the FBS of aspirated or swallowed in children.<br> <span style="color:#009999;"><strong><em>Methods:</em></strong> </span>The present cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 77 hospitalized children due to FBs aspirated or swallowed from 2008 to 2013 at Amirkola Children&#39;s Hospital. Information including demographic profile, type of FBs and their location, clinical manifestations, treatment used and possible complications were extracted from their medical records, and the data were analyzed.<br> <span style="color:#009999;"><strong><em>Results:</em></strong></span><span style="color:#00cccc;"> </span>Out of 76 cases, 51 (67.1%) were boys; 47.4% of children were 1-2 years old (mean age 2.6&plusmn;2.2 years), and 67.1% of the bodies were in the gastrointestinal tract. The most common FBs were foodstuff (42.1%), metallic bodies (39.5%) and non-metallic bodies (18.4%), respectively. The most common symptoms were cough (84%) in respiratory FBs and vomiting (57%) in gastrointestinal FBs. The mean duration of hospitalization was 74.8&plusmn;57.1 hours in gastrointestinal FBs and 126.7&plusmn;56 hours in respiratory FBs. There was a significant statistical relationship between location of FBs (p=0.000) and type of swallowed or aspirated bodies (p=0.041) with the duration of hospitalization. No mortality was observed.<br> <span style="color:#009999;"><strong><em>Conclusions:</em></strong> </span>Findings show that foodstuffs are the most abundant FBs aspirated or swallowed in children aged 1-2 years. Obviously, educating parents and caregivers to take required care of children, especially while eating in this particular age group, is a key element in reducing such injuries.</span></span></div> Child, Foreign bodies, Respiratory aspiration, Swallowing 399 406 http://caspianjp.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-30-4&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Somayeh Shirkosh 10031947532846002746 10031947532846002746 No The Clinical Research Development Unit of Amirkola Children's Hospital, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, IR Iran Naeimeh Nakhjavani n_nakhjavani34@yahoo.com 10031947532846002747 10031947532846002747 No The Clinical Research Development Unit of Amirkola Children's Hospital, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, IR Iran. Mohammadreza Esmaeilidooki esmaeilidooki@yahoo.com 10031947532846002748 10031947532846002748 Yes Non-Communicable Pediatric Diseases Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, IR Iran Abbas Hadipour a_hadipoor@yahoo.com 10031947532846002749 10031947532846002749 No Non-Communicable Pediatric Diseases Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, IR Iran. Soheil Osia s.osia109@yahoo.com 10031947532846002750 10031947532846002750 No The Clinical Research Development Unit of Amirkola Children's Hospital, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, IR Iran. Mahmoud Hajiahmadi hajiahmadi@yahoo.com 10031947532846002751 10031947532846002751 No Non-Communicable Pediatric Diseases Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, IR Iran.