Abstract
Signa Vitae is an international peer-reviewed open access journal, which is currently indexed in SCIE, scopus, etc. It covers many aspects of adult, pediatric and neonatal intensive care, anesthesia and emergency medicine
Highlights
Foreign body (FB) ingestion in pediatrics is a worldwide problem of significant relevance especially for children aged 6 months-3 years. [1,2] We have performed a retrospective collaborative study to evaluate features and outcomes of FB ingestions in all 0-to-18-year-old patients from January 2001 to December 2012 in our polyclinic
Different reasons explain the vulnerability of the 6 month-3 year age group, as the natural tendency of the young child to put different objects in his/her mouth and even swallow them: they live the “oral phase” of their psycho-emotional development and the child begins to relate him/herself with the outer world through the mouth. In these children FB ingestion is an accidental event, unlike older children and adolescents or young adults with mental retardation, who intentionally ingest FBs. [3] The highest incidence (42.9%) of FB ingestion occurred at home in the night-time from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., confirming the hypothesis that children engaged in school activities in the morning are under closer supervision of teachers, while during the evening they are more “free” to explore the environment, taking advantage of distractions by parents and caregivers
Expert consultations were carried out in 54% of cases: a surgical visit was required in 18 patients (32%), an ENT visit in 6 (11 %), and a radiologic consultation in 2 (4%)
Summary
Foreign body (FB) ingestion in pediatrics is a worldwide problem of significant relevance especially for children aged 6 months-3 years. [1,2] We have performed a retrospective collaborative study to evaluate features and outcomes of FB ingestions in all 0-to-18-year-old patients from January 2001 to December 2012 in our polyclinic. Foreign body (FB) ingestion in pediatrics is a worldwide problem of significant relevance especially for children aged 6 months-3 years. (1,2) We have performed a retrospective collaborative study to evaluate features and outcomes of FB ingestions in all 0-to-18-year-old patients from January 2001 to December 2012 in our polyclinic.
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