Unexpected second foreign bodies in pediatric esophageal coin ingestions

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 261-262

  Smith, Summer A ^a,b   Conners, Gregory P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coin ingestion; Esophageal foreign body

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; EXTRACTION; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONEY;

EID: 0031652730     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-199808000-00004     Document Type: Article

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