TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Multiple magnet ingestion in children: a problem on the rise
JO  - Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health
A1  - Seguier-Lipszyc, Emmanuelle
A1  - Samuk, Inbal
A1  - Almog, Anastasia
A1  - Silbermintz, Ari
A1  - Kravarusic, Dragan
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - AIM: Ingestion of multiple magnets is increasing these last 15 years in children. They have resulted in numerous reports of serious gastrointestinal complications such as bowel obstruction, ischaemia, necrosis, perforation and fistula formation and even led to death. The increasing number of world-wide reports of complications secondary to magnet ingestion and a frequently delayed diagnosis point to a lack of awareness about these risks among medical care-givers in our country and parents in general. <br><br>METHODS: We reviewed retrospectively all cases of multiple magnet ingestion that required a gastro-intestinal or surgical procedure for removal from 2009 to 2020. <br><br>RESULTS: Five children underwent gastroscopy removal and three colonoscopy removal of the magnets. Five patients required surgical (laparotomy or laparoscopy) removal of multiple magnets with intestinal perforations. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: We propose an updated management algorithm for multiple magnet ingestion to highlight awareness among primary physicians and parents of the presenting circumstances and symptoms as well as the potential complications associated with multiple magnet ingestion.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1034-4810
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpc.16117
ID  - ref1
ER  -