This PedsCases Note provides a one-page infographic on button battery ingestion. It was created by Ricky Liu (Medical Student, University of Alberta) with the help of Dr. Troy Turner (Pediatric Emergency Physician, University of Alberta).

Click on the image below for the full-screen PDF handout.

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• Podcast: Approach to Foreign Bodies in Children

References

• Kramer, R. E., Lerner, D. G., Lin, T., Manfredi, M., Shah, M., Stephen, T. C., . . .Mamula, P. (2015). Management of ingested foreign bodies in children: a clinical report of the NASPGHAN Endoscopy Committee. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr, 60(4), 562-574. doi:10.1097/mpg.0000000000000729

• Mubarak, A., Benninga, M. A., Broekaert, I., Dolinsek, J., Homan, M., Mas, E., . . . de Ridder, L. (2021). Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Button Battery Ingestion in Childhood. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 73(1), 129-136. doi:https://doi.org/10.1097/MPG.0000000000003048

• Alberta Health Services (2021). Button Battery Ingestion in Children: Alberta Provincial Management Pathway. Retrieved from https://publicshare.albertahealthservices.ca/teams/policydocuments/1/klink/et-klink-ckv-button-battery-ingestion-in-children-provincial-pathway.pdf 

• Swaminathan, A. (2018). Button Battery Ingestion. Core EM. Retrieved from https://coreem.net/core/button-battery-ingestion/ 

• Zipursky, A. R., & Ratnapalan, S. (2021). Button battery ingestions in children. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 193(38), E1498. doi:10.1503/cmaj.210572