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How do doctors check if someone has a blockage in an air passage in one of her lungs?

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Dr. Michael Sanders answered

Specializes in Pulmonology

2 ways: imaging - either chest xray or CT scan Bronchoscopy for direct visualization Also, you could add exam. If a patient came in with stridor, that would be an indication of a potential foreign body in an airway. Pt may also be hypoxic depending on how large the object was and where it is.

Answered 6/4/2017

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