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Endoscopic Evaluation for Stricture Formation Post Button Battery Ingestion [PDF]
Pediatric Reports, 2021 Every year, there are over 3300 ingestions of button batteries, mostly by young children. Initial presentation of button battery ingestion may be nonspecific, with a delay in diagnosis and removal resulting in increased risk of complications.
Amber Bulna, Amanda C. Fifi
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Button Battery-Induced Necrotizing Keratoconjunctivitis: Case Report [PDF]
Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine, 2022 We report a case of a 2-year-old girl who presented to the ocular emergency department with a button battery retained in the inferior fornix of the left eye for more than 48 hours.
Nima Koosha +2 more
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MedEdPORTAL, 2015 Introduction Acute button battery ingestion is an uncommon but life-threatening ingestion. This case was developed to review and teach PGY1-PGY3 emergency medicine residents and pediatric emergency medicine fellows aspects critical to the evaluation and ...
Charles Hundley, Mary Wittler
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A Review of Button Battery Ingestions in Children—Diagnosis and Management [PDF]
ChildrenThe production and use of button batteries (BBs) has gradually increased over the decades and has become commonplace in today’s world. As more household products have been using this type of battery, ingestions of these objects continue to rise.
John Amodio, Michelle Lightman
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Video Laryngoscope Assistance in Button Battery Retrieval [PDF]
Case Reports in Anesthesiology, 2023 Foreign body ingestion remains a common cause of pediatric emergency surgery with button battery ingestion of particular concern. Newer, higher power lithium batteries can cause catastrophic damage of the gastrointestinal tract through erosion of mucosa ...
Sandy Ren, Heitor Lopes, Neil Masters
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A novel approach to button battery removal in a two-and-half year-old patient’s esophagus after ingestion: a case report [PDF]
BMC Pediatrics, 2022 Background Accidental swallowing of a foreign body occurs more frequently in children than in adults. Among these cases, button battery impaction in the esophagus may cause severe complications.
Hung-Chun Wang +3 more
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Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2021 Foreign body ingestion is a common event among pediatric patients, especially in children less than 6 years of age. Although most cases are relatively benign, with the foreign body passing spontaneously or requiring a brief endoscopic procedure for ...
Mayuko Wakimoto +4 more
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Application of a double-balloon method to remove button battery at the entrance of esophagus in a 17-month-old child: a case report [PDF]
BMC PediatricsBackground Since children have strong desire for exploration and poor safety awareness, foreign body impaction in the digestive tract is one of the most common critical conditions in children.
Lan-Feng Xue +4 more
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Button battery ingestions in children [PDF]
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2021 Between 1999 and 2019, the United States National Poison Data System reported a 66.7% increase in yearly ingestion of button batteries (6.98 to 10.46 per million population) and a 10-fold increase in complications (0.77% [ n = 76] to 7.53% [ n = 551]).[1][1] Button batteries can cause ...
Zipursky, Amy R., Ratnapalan, Savithiri
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