TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Management of foreign body ingestions in children: button batteries and magnets
JO  - British journal of nursing
A1  - Kodituwakku, Ronan
A1  - Palmer, Sarah
A1  - Prosad Paul, Siba
SP  - 456
EP  - 461
VL  - 26
IS  - 8
N2  - Foreign body ingestion and foreign body aspiration commonly affect young children between 6 months and 6 years. A large number of these events remain unwitnessed and asymptomatic while the swallowed foreign body traverses the gastrointestinal tract and is passed in the stool. Recent literature has shown an increase in morbidity associated with button battery and (neomydium) magnet ingestions in children, particularly over the last decade. Early identification and management in a time critical manner is required in cases where button batteries get lodged in the oesophagus or multiple magnets are swallowed. Deaths, although rare, have been reported with these dangerous foreign body ingestions in children where diagnoses were delayed. Nurses through their direct contact with children in different clinical settings play a vital role in managing foreign body ingestions.     Keywords: Multiple magnet ingestion<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0966-0461
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2017.26.8.456
ID  - ref1
ER  -