* Most of corrosive
ingestions were in low socioeconomic class.
Foreign body
ingestions most frequently involved children between one to three years of age (62 per cent).
In their experience, inexplicable hypoglycemia in a healthy individual who lives in a household with someone who has diabetes is due to
ingestion of a hypoglycemic agent until proven otherwise.
For the 4-5 hours between
ingestion and the unresponsive episode, the child had been at daycare and staff reported she had been acting normally for her.
FB
ingestion in children may lead to significant morbidity in patients in addition to considerable family anxiety.
Material and Methods: Fifty eight children with history of foreign body
ingestion were included in the study through non probability purposive sampling technique.
Kane, M.D., from the University of Chicago, and colleagues assessed trends in the rate of PICU admission for opioid-related
ingestion over time using billing data from the Pediatric Health Information System (2004 to 2015).
Regarding age and sex distribution, we found that the majority of FB
ingestions were in children aged 0-4 years and occurred more among females (54%), who had a slightly higher FB
ingestion rate than males in this age group.
The medical records of patients who were followed up on an inpatient or outpatient basis due to WAB
ingestion between 2008 and 2017 were evaluated retrospectively.
Accidental foreign body
ingestion is a widespread problem in infants and childhood [1].
Ingestion of a FB is common but complications are rare and may include hollow viscous perforation and transmigration.
In addition to the trauma-related burn injuries already discussed, it is important to remember the potential dangers of paraffin
ingestion in children, as paraffin is often decanted from cumbersome large containers into smaller cooldrink bottles, placing thirsty and inquisitive toddlers at great risk of exposure.