Inadvertent battery ingestion in children and the associated morbidity and mortality results in thousands of emergency room visits every year. Given the risk for serious electrochemical burns within hours of ingestion, the current standard of care for the treatment of batteries in the esophagus is emergent endoscopic removal. Safety standards now regulate locked battery compartments in toys, wh...

1354 December 2012 A 4-YR-OLD, 13-kg girl presented to the emergency department in cardiopulmonary arrest after acute episodes of bright red hematemesis. The patient had no witnessed foreign body ingestion or past medical history. Once stabilized, the patient was transferred to the pediatric intensive care unit. Chest radiograph (fig. A) revealed a 23-mm, round foreign body with a peripheral ri...

http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37132014000500016 antibiotics and nasogastric tube feeding). After 30 days of hospitalization, follow-up esophagoscopy demonstrated complete lesion closure with no sign of stenosis. A BB lodged in the esophagus can cause severe tissue damage and delayed complications, such as esophageal perforation, tracheoesophageal fistulas, mediastinitis, and death.(1-4) Misdi...

Over the last ten years disk battery (DB) ingestion have been increasing in children with serious consequences due to the diffusion of lithium battery (LB) that may cause catastrophic damages when lodged in the esophagus. The severity of injury depends on cell type, size, voltage, location and time of contact with the mucosa because electrical generation of hydroxide ions at the negative pole, ...

OBJECTIVES Recent cases suggest that severe and fatal button battery ingestions are increasing and current treatment may be inadequate. The objective of this study was to identify battery ingestion outcome predictors and trends, define the urgency of intervention, and refine treatment guidelines. METHODS Data were analyzed from 3 sources: (1) National Poison Data System (56535 cases, 1985-200...

Button battery ingestion in pediatric populations is a common occurrence with severe sequelae. Multiple case reports have established the of death, fistula formation, mucosal erosion, esophageal perforation, and bleeding post-ingestion button batteries. However, there gap literature on bilateral vocal cord paralysis post-lithium ingestion. We present which 12-month-old male developed following ...