Button battery ingestion
| Main risk: 1. airway compromise 2. ulceration/perforation of GI tract |
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| History | - co-ingestion - magnets etc? - what kind of battery (assume lithium ion) |
| Examination | A/B: any Impending airway doom C/D: ? E: abdo pain |
| Diagnostic investigations | AXR - differentiate from coin by double-shadow |
| Differentials | |
| Immediate management | Immediate surgical referral for endoscopic removal |
| Ongoing management |
The negative battery pole, identified as the narrowest side on the lateral x-ray, causes the most severe, necrotic injury.