button batteries

Author: Casey Grover, MDStanford/Kaiser Emergency MedicineOriginally Published: Modern Resident August/September 2011 A 17 month old female is brought to the ED by her mother for emesis and fever. The mother thinks that her daughter may have swallowed something last night because the child had made a “wheezing sound” while breathing and appeared uncomfortable. There was […]

Image Credit: Flickr Author: Phillip Fry, MSIV Midwestern University – Arizona College of Osteopathic MedicineOriginally Published: Modern Resident February/March 2017 Patients presenting to the emergency department after ingesting a button or cylindrical battery typically warrant prompt foreign body removal. The majority of battery ingestion cases involves button batteries and occurs in children younger than six […]