I see many children in the emergency department with a foreign body lodged in one nare. Examining these patients can be difficult, and attempting to remove the object can cause trauma and bleeding.

To remove a foreign body from the nose of a child, bend the loop on a plastic ear curette to about a 25° angle. Next, place the patient in a supine position and have one assistant lie across the child ...

Your 3-year-old is “helping” his big sister (7 years old) clean her room. He finds a necklace of glass beads, and of course wonders whether they will fit into his nose. Because he is a little ...

Dr. Charles Elmaraghy collects his surgical success stories. He and his colleagues in the ear, nose and throat division of Nationwide Children's Hospital keep a jar filled with all the tiny, colorful ...

“Mum I’ve put a pea up my nose!” It’s a statement that strikes fear into all parents. But recent research has revealed that what we laugh off as a child’s right of passage to put a coin/piece of ...

Dr. Charles Elmaraghy collects his surgical success stories.He and his colleagues in the ear, nose and throat division of Nationwide Children's Hospital keep a jar filled with all the tiny, colorful ...

We reviewed data from our automatic environmental monitoring systems (Watchdog; Edstrom, Waterford, WI) and found that no significant deviation from the set point of 60% relative humidity had occurred ...