Foreign body ingestion in children: An audit of transit time

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 371-373

  Macgregor, Diana ^a   Ferguson, James ^b  

^a ROYAL ABERDEEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Foreign bodies; Transit time

Indexed keywords

CISAPRIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INFANT; INGESTION; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; STOMACH MOTILITY; STOMACH OBSTRUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CISAPRIDE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FOREIGN BODIES; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; INFANT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031736988     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.15.6.371     Document Type: Article

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