Button Battery Ingestion

This EPBA animated video provides parents with tips and information on how to prevent the unintentional ingestion of button batteries as well as what to do in case a child has swallowed such a battery:

: This website offers guidance to parents and medical community on the ingestion of button batteries. You can find tips to avoid incidents at home and recommendations for diagnosis and treatment.
: Guidance on button batteries ingestion

: ESPGHAN’s algorithm for treating cases of button battery ingestion include a step-based treatment depending on the conditions of the patient and the assumed time of ingestion.

Button Battery Ingestion

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