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Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2016 Injuries related to button battery ingestion have become increasingly common in children. Recognition of battery ingestion is often delayed and thus leads to serious esophageal injury. Resultant distal acquired tracheoesophageal fistulas are difficult to
Conor H. Smith +2 more
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Button battery ingestion: A therapeutic dilemma and clinical issues in management
Journal of the Scientific Society, 2016 Button batteries, also known as disc batteries, are tiny, round batteries commonly present in numerous household electronic gadgets such as watches, calculators, cameras, hearing aids, penlights, remote control devices, and certain toys. Because of their
Jashanjot Singh Bhangu +3 more
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Battery Ingestion: A Potentially Life-Threatening Issue [PDF]
, 2019 Button battery ingestion cases are rare but possibilities of these turning into life-threatening or fatal conditions are high. Such an unfortunate incidence may progress to serious complications and require major surgery if the foreign body is not ...
Amos Masih
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Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2023 Background: The incidence of button battery ingestion has increased over time along with its most alarming complications including tracheoesophageal fistula. Historically this issue has been treated with sternotomy and closure of the fistula.
Michaela Gaffley +5 more
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Management of Esophageal Foreign Body [PDF]
, 2007 Foreign body ingestion is a common clinical problem. Objects such as coin, safety pin, meat bolus, bone, denture, etc. are often ingested. They lodge in certain part of esophagus, which may be asymptomatic or develop some symptoms of esophagus or ...
K, M. S. (Marcellus) +2 more
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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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‘You can be as vigilant as you can, yet they make their way in’: A descriptive study of parent and caregiver perspectives towards keeping children safe from button batteries [PDF]
Objectives Button batteries pose a significant threat to young children, and parents and caregivers play an important role in keeping children safe from button batteries, especially in the home environment.
Austin, Gavin +2 more
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Evaluation of Two Commercially Available Cannabidiol Formulations for Use in Electronic Cigarettes [PDF]
, 2016 Since 24 states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana in some form, suppliers of legal marijuana have developed Cannabis sativa products for use in electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes). Personal battery powered vaporizers, or e-cigarettes,
Butler, Karen E. +4 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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Application of imaging guidelines in patients with foreign body ingestion or inhalation: literature review [PDF]
, 2015 Ingestion, inhalation, and insertion of foreign bodies (FBs) are very common clinical occurrences. In any case, early diagnosis and prompt management are mandatory to avoid severe and life-threatening complications. Radiologists have an important role in
Caseiro-Alves, F +5 more
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