Profiling cases of button battery ingestion using Canadian and British Columbia poison centre data [PDF]
Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in CanadaIngestion of button batteries poses an acute life-threatening injury risk, particularly for small children. The Canadian Surveillance System for Poison Information reported 1021 single-substance button-battery ingestion cases from 2020 to 2023, and the ...
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A case of corrosive tracheoesophageal fistula: A complication of button battery ingestion [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsKey Clinical Message Button battery ingestion has been a common condition encountered by otorhinolaryngologists. Impaction in the esophagus can lead to serious and fatal complications such as tracheoesophageal fistula.
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Current management of button battery injuries [PDF]
Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2021 Button batteries (BB) are found in common household items and can lead to significant morbidity and mortality in the pediatric population when ingested.
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Case Report: Button battery ingestion—an underestimated emergency in children [PDF]
Frontiers in PediatricsIn general, the battery-related emergency department visit rate has continued to rise in the last decade. We present two cases of previously healthy toddlers (14 and 24 months old) with unwitnessed battery ingestion, who presented with massive ...
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Button battery ingestion complications
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2017 Corrosive injuries of the upper gastrointestinal tract due to button batteries often require a multidisciplinary approach due to the potential for multiple complications. We present two cases of button battery ingestion in toddlers; one patient developed
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Prolonged Button Battery Exposure Leading to Severe Ocular Injury without Heavy Metal Poisoning [PDF]
Case Reports in OphthalmologyIntroduction: Prolonged exposure to a complete button battery can cause severe tissue necrosis in the eye and permanent impairment of visual function. The main mechanism of injury is the current generated by the hydrolysis of tissue fluid at the negative
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A case of stacked coin ingestion mistaken for button battery [PDF]
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal, 2021 Button battery ingestion requires emergency endoscopic removal since severe complications, such as esophageal perforation, can develop within 4 hours of the ingestion.
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Impacted "Button Battery" in The Nose - a Time Management Comparison
Majalah Kedokteran Andalas, 2023 Introduction: Foreign body in the nose can increase morbidity if not managed properly and correctly. Button battery containing alkaline substances can cause liquefactive necrosis. Management removes the button battery immediately.
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Intraoperative PH neutralization after nasal button battery removal in children: A case report
Otolaryngology Case Reports, 2021 We present 2 pediatric patients with impacted nasal button battery who underwent emergency examination under anesthesia and removal of nasal BB followed by intraoperative pH-neutralization nasal irrigation with 50–100 ml of 0.25% acetic acid.
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Conservative management of button battery ingestion using honey in a paediatric patient
Nigerian Journal of Medicine, 2022 Button battery ingestion is a form of foreign-body ingestion usually seen among children. Its ingestion could be symptom free and sometimes fatal. The interval between swallowing and final destination of the button battery has some clinical importance to
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