This PedsCases Note provides a one-page infographic on foreign body ingestion. It was created by Summer Hudson, a medical student at the University of Alberta, with the help of Dr. Hien Huynh, a pediatric gastroenterologist at the University of Alberta, and Dr. Alex Hudson, a pediatric GI fellow at the University of Alberta.

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References:

1. Kramer RE, Lerner DG, Lin T, et al. Management of ingested foreign bodies in children: a clinical report of the NASPGHAN Endoscopy Committee. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2015;60(4):562-574. doi:10.1097/MPG.0000000000000729

2. The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. Foreign body ingestion. RCH: Clinical Practice Guidelines. 2020. https://www.rch.org.au/clinicalguide/guideline_index/Foreign_body_ingestion/

3. Uyemura, Monte C. "Foreign body ingestion in children." American family physician 72.2 (2005).

4. Wu, Iuan-Sheng, et al. "Value of lateral neck radiography for ingested foreign bodies using the likelihood ratio." Journal of Otolaryngology--Head & Neck Surgery 37.2 (2008).

5. Anfang RR, Jatana KR, Linn RL, Rhoades K, Fry J, Jacobs IN. pH-neutralizing esophageal irrigations as a novel mitigation strategy for button battery injury. Laryngoscope. 2019;129(1):49-57. doi:10.1002/lary.27312