Table 3 Diagnostic performance of the significant clinical and radiologic findings as predictors of foreign body aspiration

Witnessed chocking

54.0

70.3

1.82

0.65

0.621

0.551 to 0.688

< 0.001*

Sudden cough

15.1

98.4

9.67

0.86

0.568

0.497 to 0.637

< 0.001*

New onset or recurrent wheezes

25.9

95.31

5.53

0.78

0.606

0.535 to 0.674

< 0.001*

Unilateral diminished breath sound

43.2

93.8

6.91

0.61

0.685

0.616 to 0.748

< 0.001*

Wheezy chest

39.6

76.6

1.69

0.79

0.581

0.510 to 0.649

0.017*

Respiratory distress

18.0

95.3

3.84

0.86

0.566

0.495 to 0.636

0.001*

Chest X-ray Abnormality

41.7

75.0

1.67

0.78

0.584

0.513 to 0.652

0.015*

Radiopaque FB

9.4

100.0

–

0.91

0.547

0.476 to 0.617

0.002*

Unilateral hyperinflation

10.8

98.4

6.91

0.91

0.546

0.475 to 0.616

0.002*