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Button battery ingestion

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 battery ingestions

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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Button battery injury: An update

Australian Journal of General Practice, 2022
Paediatric 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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