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Pediatric button battery ingestion: A single center experience and risk score to predict severe outcomes
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What the experts said
A retrospective study was conducted at Boston Children's Hospital from 2008 to 2021 examining button battery ingestion outcomes.
The study analyzed 143 patients with button battery ingestion.
24 of 143 patients (16.8%) had severe outcomes after button battery ingestion.
Esophageal location of the button battery is an independent predictor of severe outcomes.
Button battery size larger than 2 cm is an independent predictor of severe outcomes.
Presence of symptoms at presentation is an independent predictor of severe outcomes.
The study proposes a risk score to predict severe outcomes in patients with button battery ingestion.