Open AccessButton battery injury: An update
Author(s) -
Soo-Ji Park,
Hannah Burns
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
australian journal of general practice
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2208-794X
pISSN - 2208-7958
DOI - 10.31128/ajgp-03-21-5873
Subject(s) - medicine , triage , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , battery (electricity) , referral , presentation (obstetrics) , surgery , nursing , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
Paediatric button battery injuries present a challenge in the general practice setting. Although some children present with history or parental suspicion of button battery ingestion (BBI) or insertion, unwitnessed cases may present with non-specific symptoms that can mimic many respiratory and gastrointestinal pathologies.