Airway obstruction time and outcomes after foreign body airway obstruction: a nationwide prospective cohort study from the MOCHI registry
Authors' conclusion
Outcomes declined continuously per minute of unresolved obstruction, with no inflection point or "safe" time window.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with foreign body airway obstruction (FBAO), Japan; obstruction time 0–25 min229 met primary inclusion criteria
- Participants
- 409 patients
- Comparison
- Airway obstruction time
- Primary endpoint
- Survival
- Follow-up
- 30 days
Methodological detailscohort study, nationwide, multivariable logistic regression, spline models
- Cohort study
- Nationwide
- Multivariable logistic regression
- Spline models
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
30-day survival
Survived to 30 days
60%
Longer obstruction duration and survival, aOR per 1-min increase
0.86
95% CI 0.81–0.90
Secondary outcomes
30-day favorable neurological outcome (Cerebral Performance Category 1-3)
- Favorable neurological outcome
- 47%
- Longer obstruction duration and favorable neurological outcome, aOR per 1-min increase
- 0.85 (95% CI 0.80-0.89)
Original publication
Airway obstruction time and outcomes after foreign body airway obstruction: a nationwide prospective cohort study from the MOCHI registry. Resuscitation. Published 4 February 2026. doi:10.
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