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[Health damages after ingestion of button batteries in childhood].
BACKGROUND: Exposure of children under 5 years to button batteries may result in severe corrosive injury, especially when they get stuck in the oesophagus. The injury is caused by the discharge current of the batteries. An increasing number of button battery ingestions have been described worldwide.
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to describe incidence and complications after battery ingestion in children in Germany.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Paediatric gastroenterologists and paediatric surgeons were asked to report complicated battery ingestions in children between 2011 and 2016 retrospectively. The survey was done using a structured questionnaire. In addition, button battery ingestion calls to a German poison centre were analysed retrospectively.
RESULTS: In 116 cases the button battery was located in the oesophagus. Severe complications developed in 47 patients and 5 of these children died. Serious complications occurred also in children with removal of the button batteries within less than 3 h after the intake. The Freiburg poison centre received 258 paediatric ingestions of button batteries. Out of these, seven button batteries were stuck in the oesophagus and five in the nose causing corrosion injury.
CONCLUSIONS: Serious complications and even death after button battery ingestion are described in Germany. Button batteries impacted in the oesophagus should be removed emergently to minimize corrosive injury. Because no symptoms or only slight discomfort are developed initially, awareness of button batteries as a unique corrosive hazard among the public and clinicians is an important requirement for prompt diagnosis and treatment resulting in a satisfactory outcome.
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to describe incidence and complications after battery ingestion in children in Germany.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Paediatric gastroenterologists and paediatric surgeons were asked to report complicated battery ingestions in children between 2011 and 2016 retrospectively. The survey was done using a structured questionnaire. In addition, button battery ingestion calls to a German poison centre were analysed retrospectively.
RESULTS: In 116 cases the button battery was located in the oesophagus. Severe complications developed in 47 patients and 5 of these children died. Serious complications occurred also in children with removal of the button batteries within less than 3 h after the intake. The Freiburg poison centre received 258 paediatric ingestions of button batteries. Out of these, seven button batteries were stuck in the oesophagus and five in the nose causing corrosion injury.
CONCLUSIONS: Serious complications and even death after button battery ingestion are described in Germany. Button batteries impacted in the oesophagus should be removed emergently to minimize corrosive injury. Because no symptoms or only slight discomfort are developed initially, awareness of button batteries as a unique corrosive hazard among the public and clinicians is an important requirement for prompt diagnosis and treatment resulting in a satisfactory outcome.
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