PEDIATRICS Vol. 72 No. 3 September 1983, pp. 434
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Hazards of Battery Ingestions

HOWARD C. MOFENSON MD1, JOSEPH GREENSHER MD1, and THOMAS R. CARACCIO PHARMD1

1 Nassau County Medical Center, Long Island Regional Poison Control Center, 2201 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow, NY 11554

To the Editor.—

We found the report from Temple and McNeese1 on the hazards of small flat disc batteries very timely. The management of these ingestions has been controversial and in recent months, the pendulum of recommendations for therapy has swung from nonintervention to very early endoscopic or surgical intervention.

The Nassau County Medical Center's Long Island Regional Poison Control Center has reviewed its battery ingestion experience and statistics for the past 16 months.2 Only 1/30 cases of small flat disc battery ingestions required surgical intervention for removal of an intact battery.




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