Home observation for asymptomatic coin ingestion: Acceptance and outcomes

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 213-217

  Conners, Gregory P ^a,g   Cobaugh, Daniel J ^a,b   Feinberg, Rebecca ^c   Lucanie, Ralph ^d   Caraccio, Thomas ^e   Stork, Christine M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b Finger Lakes Regional Poison and Drug Information Center   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY POISON CONTROL CENTER   (United States)

^d Hudson Valley Regional Poison Center   (United States)

^e WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Upstate New York Poison Center   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coin; Foreign body; Home observation; Pediatrics; Poison control center; Safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIRST AID; FOREIGN BODY; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; INFANT; INGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; POISON CENTER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033056048     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.1999.tb00158.x     Document Type: Article

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