In this episode of Bowel Sounds, hosts Drs. Temara Hajjat and Jason Silverman talk to Dr. Diana Lerner about the management of foreign body ingestions, with a particular focus on button battery ingestions including their rising incidence as well as risk mitigation strategies and public education approaches to reducing harm.
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Produced by: Jason Silverman
Links:
- Follow Dr. Lerner on Twitter for more on foreign bodies and endoscopy
- AAP site on button battery safety for parents
- US Poison Control Centre site on button battery management
- GIRC – app for reporting ingestions
- Management of ingested foreign bodies in children: a clinical report of the NASPGHAN Endoscopy Committee (2015)
- Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Button Battery Ingestion in Childhood: A European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition Position Paper (2021)
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