The incidence of button battery ingestion in children less than 6 years, from year 1985 to 2019 was 59,000 and it is still a clinical challenge for pediatricians.
Olsi Agolli +3 more
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Button battery ingestions in children [PDF]
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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Button Battery Ingestion: A Conundrum of Preventable Sequelae Management [PDF]
Foreign body ingestion is frequently encountered in infants and young children. In recent years, button batteries have become extremely common among household use.
Nikitha Periasamy +3 more
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Pediatric Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: European Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) and European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) Guidelines [PDF]
: This Guideline refers to infants, children and adolescents aged 0–18 years. The areas covered include: indications for diagnostic and therapeutic esophagogastroduodenoscopy and ileo-colonoscopy; endoscopy for foreign body ingestion; corrosive ingestion
Aabakken, L. (Lars) +27 more
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Development of a compact, IoT-enabled electronic nose for breath analysis [PDF]
In this paper, we report on an in-house developed electronic nose (E-nose) for use with breath analysis. The unit consists of an array of 10 micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) metal oxide (MOX) gas sensors produced by seven manufacturers.
Ayyala, Sai Kiran +3 more
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The present invention relates to a single cell cylindrical battery, such as a button cell or a button battery, that can be regarded to have the shape of a slice of a cylinder, and to a method preventing upper digestive and upper respiratory tract injury ...
Dikkers, Frederik Gerhard +3 more
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Button battery ingestion in children: An emerging hazard
Button battery ingestion is an emerging hazard. In this retrospective study, we report six cases of lithium button battery ingestion in pediatric age group (mean age 2.8 years).
Mayank Jain +4 more
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Simple battery armor to protect against gastrointestinal injury from accidental ingestion [PDF]
Inadvertent battery ingestion in children and the associated morbidity and mortality results in thousands of emergency room visits every year. Given the risk for serious electrochemical burns within hours of ingestion, the current standard of care for ...
Deshpande, Vikram +4 more
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The Feasibility of a Using a Smart Button Mobile Health System to Self-Track Medication Adherence and Deliver Tailored Short Message Service Text Message Feedback [PDF]
BACKGROUND: As many as 50% of people experience medication nonadherence, yet studies for detecting nonadherence and delivering real-time interventions to improve adherence are lacking.
Bartlett Ellis, Rebecca J. +5 more
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Video Laryngoscope Assistance in Button Battery Retrieval
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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