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Symptoms associated with button batteries injuries in children: An epidemiological review
- Source :
- International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology. 79(12)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Objectives To provide an epidemiological framework of symptoms related to Foreign Body (FB) injuries due to Button Battery (BB). Methods Data on BB ingestion/inhalation have been obtained from the ButtonBatteryDB. The ButtonBatteryDB is a database collecting information on BB injuries in children (0–18 years of age). Data on 348 BB injures have been derived from the Registry of Foreign Body Injuries “Susy Safe” (269 cases) and from published scientific literature reporting case reports of FB injuries (79 cases). Results Most of injured children were male and BBs were found more often in the mouth/esophagus/stomach (ICD935) and in the nose (ICD932). Analyzing symptoms related to BB located in the esophagus/mouth/stomach, we found that children had higher probability of experiencing dysphagia (30.19%, 95% C.I. 17.83–42.55), fever and cough (26.42%, 95% C.I. 14.55–38.28), compared to the other symptoms. Referring to the probability that symptoms occurred simultaneously, fever and cough are more likely (3.72%, 95% C.I. 1.0–6-43) to jointly showing up in children with BB in mouth/esophagus/stomach (ICD935), followed by fever and dysphagia (2.66%, 95% C.I. 0.36–4.96) and by fever and irritability/crying, fever and drooling, dysphagia and irritability/crying (2.13% C.I. 0.00–4.19, 95% C.I.) Conclusions These findings provide new insight in clinical presentation of BB injuries: the identification of unique patterns of symptoms related to BB injuries is useful to perform an early diagnosis (and to guarantee a prompt medical reaction), also when the injury is un-witnessed.
- Subjects :
- Male
Pediatrics
Databases, Factual
Poison control
Eating
Registries
Child
Nose
Button batteries
Children injuries
Choking
Foreign bodies
Ingestion
Adolescent
Child, Preschool
Cough
Crying
Deglutition Disorders
Epidemiologic Studies
Esophagus
Female
Fever
Foreign Bodies
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Inhalation
Mouth
Nasal Cavity
Sialorrhea
Stomach
Symptom Assessment
Electric Power Supplies
Otorhinolaryngology2734 Pathology and Forensic Medicine
General Medicine
Perinatology and Child Health
Dysphagia
medicine.anatomical_structure
Settore MED/31 - OTORINOLARINGOIATRIA
medicine.symptom
medicine.medical_specialty
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Irritability
Drooling
Databases
Injury prevention
medicine
Preschool
Factual
business.industry
medicine.disease
Newborn
Otorhinolaryngology
Foreign body
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18728464
- Volume :
- 79
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....9d8038ff031bca4cd3e0373e5de1e8b8