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Epidemiology: | Epidemiology: | ||
*Extremes of age.<ref name=pmid17209932/> | *Extremes of age.<ref name=pmid17209932/> | ||
**Old - often assoc. with neurologic disease or alcohol. | |||
**Young - may be foreign body ingestion. | |||
===Gross=== | ===Gross=== | ||
* | Features: | ||
**Usually meat.<ref name=pmid17209932/> | *Foreign object that obstructs the airway. | ||
**Usually a large laryngeal bolus of food - typically meat.<ref name=pmid17209932/> | |||
==Drowning== | ==Drowning== | ||