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Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1989
Although ingestions of button batteries can have serious complications, the majority of these ingestions will be benign. Button batteries that lodge in the esophagus should be removed immediately by endoscopy. Other ingestions can be managed with observation at home unless symptoms develop.
D W, Kuhns, D J, Dire
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Although ingestions of button batteries can have serious complications, the majority of these ingestions will be benign. Button batteries that lodge in the esophagus should be removed immediately by endoscopy. Other ingestions can be managed with observation at home unless symptoms develop.
D W, Kuhns, D J, Dire
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Button battery injury: An update
Australian Journal of General Practice, 2022Paediatric button battery injuries present a challenge in the general practice setting. Although some children present with history or parental suspicion of button battery ingestion (BBI) or insertion, unwitnessed cases may present with non-specific symptoms that can mimic many respiratory and gastrointestinal pathologies.The aim of this article is to ...
Soo-Ji, Park, Hannah, Burns
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The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2005
Button batteries represent a special category of pediatric ingested foreign body because of the possibility of serious complications particularly if impacted in the esophagus. We report a case of a 3-year-old girl with severe mid esophageal burns due to a lodged battery.
R, Banerjee +4 more
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Button batteries represent a special category of pediatric ingested foreign body because of the possibility of serious complications particularly if impacted in the esophagus. We report a case of a 3-year-old girl with severe mid esophageal burns due to a lodged battery.
R, Banerjee +4 more
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New England Journal of Medicine
Abstract Button battery ingestion is an increasingly common cause of pediatric emergency department visits. Diagnosis is primarily made through radiographic evaluation, with anterior-posterior and lateral views distinguishing button batteries from other radiopaque foreign bodies.
Miriam R. Smetak, Lyndy J. Wilcox
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Abstract Button battery ingestion is an increasingly common cause of pediatric emergency department visits. Diagnosis is primarily made through radiographic evaluation, with anterior-posterior and lateral views distinguishing button batteries from other radiopaque foreign bodies.
Miriam R. Smetak, Lyndy J. Wilcox
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The hazards of button battery ingestion
Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2015The research report by Mohamed Sameh Shalaby1 stresses the potentially dangerous outcome of magnet ingestion. It is therefore opportune to highlight the importance of increasing awareness of magnet and button battery ingestion. There are many household battery-operated items in the modern home including toys, remote controls, hearing aids, that ...
Mike, Thomson, Shishu, Sharma
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Ghost Blasting With Button Batteries
Pediatrics, 1990To the Editor.— Although the relegation of ghosts to the category of "extinct" by N. C. White, age 5 years (personal communication), offers obvious benefits for pediatric victims of nocturnal anxieties, the Ghost Blaster weapon is not without hazard.
T L, Litovitz +2 more
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Button Battery Ingestion: The Battery That Is Not as Cute as a Button
2019Button batteries lodged in the mucosal tract cause caustic injury, mucosal ulceration, and, if impacted long enough, perforation. The esophagus is the most common site for impaction. The severity of esophageal damage is determined by the length of time that the battery is lodged in place, the amount of electrical charge remaining in the battery, and ...
Ashley Larrimore, Justin Carroll
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Button battery ingestion in children
Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head & Neck Surgery, 2017Purpose of review As the demand for small electronics continues to grow so does the risk of oesophageal ingestion of button batteries. These small but powerful sources of energy are ubiquitous in every household and when swallowed, especially in small children, have been shown to create significant injury in a short amount of ...
Michael J, Eliason +2 more
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Hidden danger of button batteries
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2014AbstractThis case highlights a rare but important presentation of aorto‐oesophageal fistula caused by a concealed foreign body. Primary prevention strategies are needed to address the danger associated with button batteries.
Taghavi, Kiarash +2 more
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JAMA, 1983
A retrospective analysis of 56 button (miniature) battery ingestions was conducted. This represents the largest series in the literature studying this problem. Impaction of these foreign bodies, most frequently in the esophagus (five cases), was a uniform predictor of severe morbidity.
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A retrospective analysis of 56 button (miniature) battery ingestions was conducted. This represents the largest series in the literature studying this problem. Impaction of these foreign bodies, most frequently in the esophagus (five cases), was a uniform predictor of severe morbidity.
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