Foreign Body Aspiration: Drug Therapy

Therapeutic targets

• Foreign body extraction (removal of the foreign body) – see Medical Device Diagnostics.
• Avoidance of complications

Therapy recommendations

• For chronic aspiration:
  • Antibiotics: e.g. cefuroxime.
  • Anti-inflammatory pretreatment: prednisolone: 2 mg/kg/d; for 3-5 days → facilitate extraction of the foreign body by decreasing inflammation and swelling in the foreign body bed
• In aspiration pneumonia (pneumonia caused by the aspirated foreign body):
  • Antibiotics