TY - JOUR T1 - Nasal foreign bodies in children: kissing it better JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 712 LP - 713 DO - 10.1136/emj.2009.086587 VL - 27 IS - 9 AU - Colleen Taylor AU - Jonathan Acheson AU - Timothy J Coats Y1 - 2010/09/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/27/9/712.abstract N2 - Objective To evaluate the use, success rate and time in the paediatric emergency department when employing the kissing technique to remove nasal foreign bodies from children.Methods The present work was a retrospective case note review for children attending with a nasal foreign body over a 15-month period.Results In all, 116 children had a confirmed nasal foreign body and 84 were treated by the kissing technique with a success rate of 48.8%. This group had lower rates of instrumentation (20.2% vs 53.1%) and general anaesthesia (11.9% vs 18.8%). The average time saved per patient who had the kissing technique attempted in the paediatric emergency department was 30.6 min.Conclusion The kissing technique should be employed as a preferred technique to remove nasal foreign bodies in children. ER -