Core EM - Emergency Medicine Podcast
Health & Fitness:Medicine
This podcast discusses the presentation and management of button battery ingestions in kids.
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Show Notes
[caption id="attachment_5973" align="aligncenter" width="1050"] NBIH Button Battery Ingestion Algorithm[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_5971" align="aligncenter" width="836"] Button Battery XR (scielo.br)[/caption]
Take Home Points
Button battery ingestions are extremely dangerous. Necrosis, perforation and erosion into vessels can occur in as little as 2 hours ALL esophageal button batteries should be removed within 2 hours of presentation to minimize mucosal damage Consider button battery ingestion in children presenting with dysphagia, refusal to eat and hematemesis Co-ingestion of a button battery with a magnet requires emergency removal regardless of where it is in the GI systemRead More
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