GI Foreign Body Ingestion
May 03, 2023•53 min
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Episode description
In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, discuss the May 2023 Emergency Medicine Practice article on Emergency Department Management of Gastrointestinal Foreign Body Ingestion
Epidemiology
Etiology - types of ingestions
Anatomy - common locations by age
- Food impaction
- Sharp objects
- Button batteries
- Magnets
- Colorectal foreign bodies
Prehospital care
History and Physical
Imaging
Expectant management
Endoscopic removal
Non-endoscopic techniques
Body Packing
Glucagon
Gastric button batteries
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