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CASE REPORT

Uncapped Metered-Dose Inhalers: A Risk for Foreign Body Aspiration. A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Dirk SchürmannDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, 10117, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jacopo SaccomannoDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, 10117, GermanyView further author information
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Bettina Temmesfeld-WollbrückDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, 10117, GermanyView further author information
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Martin WitzenrathDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, 10117, GermanyView further author information
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Ralf-Harto HübnerDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, 10117, GermanyView further author information
Pages 1931-1935 | Received 17 Feb 2023, Accepted 24 Jul 2023, Published online: 01 Sep 2023

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