@article{ref1,
title="Magnet ingestions in children presenting to United States emergency departments from 2002 to 2011",
journal="Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition",
year="2013",
author="Abbas, Mazen I. and Oliva-Hemker, Maria and Choi, Joon and Lustik, Michael and Gilger, Mark A. and Noel, R. Adam and Schwarz, Kathleen and Nylund, Cade M.",
volume="57",
number="1",
pages="18-22",
abstract="BACKGROUND:: In the past ten years, there have been an increasing number of case reports concerning gastrointestinal injury related to magnet ingestions; however, the magnitude of the problem remains to be clearly defined. OBJECTIVE:: Examine the epidemiology of magnet ingestion-related emergency department (ED) visits among children in the United States (US). METHODS:: We performed a trend analysis utilizing a nationally representative sample from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) database for emergency department (ED) visits involving magnet ingestion in children <18 years from 2002-2011. RESULTS:: A national estimate of 16,386 (95% CI: 12,175-20,598) children <18 years presented to EDs in the US during the 10-year study period with possible magnet ingestion. The incidence of visits increased 8.5-fold (0.45 per 100,000 to 3.75 per 100,000) from 2002 to 2011 with a 75% average annual increase per year. The majority of patients reported to have ingested magnets were under 5 years (54.7%). From 2009-2011 there was an increase in older children ingesting multiple small and/or round magnets, with a mean average age of 7.1 ± 0.56 years over the study period. CONCLUSION:: There is an alarming increase in ED visits for magnet ingestion in children. Increased public education and prevention efforts are needed.   Keywords: Multiple magnet ingestion<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0277-2116",
doi="10.1097/MPG.0b013e3182952ee5",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MPG.0b013e3182952ee5"
}