Management of Ingested Foreign Bodies in Childhood

Management of ingested foreign bodies and food impactions.

Endoscopy plays a major role in the management of foreign bodies and food impactions. Because of their frequent occurrence and potential for complications, it is important for the gastroenterology nurse and associate to gain an understanding of the incidence, diagnosis, and management of patients who present with ingested foreign bodies or food impaction. This article summarizes the clinical ap...

Guideline for the Management of Ingested Foreign Bodies.

This guideline is intended to aid the endoscopist in the management of adult patients with possible foreign object ingestion and/or food bolus impaction. A literature search was performed on the Medline using Medlars II, the National Library of Medicine's National Interactive Retrieval Service. This search generated 181 citations. References chosen for review were English-language citations fro...

Cost-effective diagnosis of ingested foreign bodies.

OBJECTIVES To compare the cost effectiveness of plain film radiography, computed tomography (CT), and endoscopy as initial diagnostic modalities in adult patients complaining of retained ingested foreign bodies. DESIGN A systematic literature review was conducted to determine key statistics for the analysis, such as prevalence of disease, prevalence of complications, and the sensitivity and s...

Intestinal Perforation by Ingested Foreign Bodies

Imaging Foreign Bodies: Ingested, Aspirated, and Inserted.

Foreign bodies can gain entrance to the body through several mechanisms, ie, ingestion, aspiration, and purposeful insertion. For each of these common entry mechanisms, this article examines the epidemiology, clinical presentation, anatomic considerations, and key imaging characteristics associated with clinically relevant foreign bodies seen in the emergency department (ED) setting. We detail ...