Severe injuries from coin cell battery ingestions: 2 case reports

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 644-647

  Hamilton, Joshua M ^a   Schraff, Scott A ^b   Notrica, David M ^c,d  

^a BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Arizona Otolaryngology Consultants   (United States)

^c PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortoesophageal fistula; Button batteries; Disc batteries; Esophageal ingestion; Vocal cord paralysis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AORTOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DESCENDING AORTA; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRIC BATTERY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS FOREIGN BODY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREIGN BODY ASPIRATION; HEART MASSAGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIQUID; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SECONDARY PREVENTION; STOMACH FUNDUS; STOMACH INJURY; STRIDOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE INJURY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

AORTIC DISEASES; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; STOMACH; VASCULAR FISTULA; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 62149136306     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2008.10.110     Document Type: Article

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