Title: Development of an algorithm for battery ingestion<br/>Author: Jenny Guyther<br/><a href='http://umem.org/profiles/faculty/314/'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><p>
There were 180 battery ingestions over a 5 year period at two tertiary care children’s hospital. The median age was 3.8 years (0.7 to 18 years). The most common symptoms were abdominal pain (17%), and nausea and vomiting (14%). X-rays detected the location in 94% of patients.</p>
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Based on these patients, a treatment algorithm was developed (See attached). Prospective validation is needed.<img alt="" src="http://umem.org/files/uploads/content/battery%20algorithm.docx" /></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Rosenfled et al.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Battery ingestions in children: Variations in care and development of a clinical algorithm.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Journal of Pediatric Surgery.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">2018.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">Epub ahead of print.</span></p>
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