Impacted oesophageal coin in Nigerian children
Aim: To highlight the health hazards associated with ingestion of the readily available but relatively worthless Nigerian coin by children. Methods: Medical records of cases of impacted oesophageal foreign bodies occurring in childhood over a seven year period were retrospectively analysed. Results:...
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| description | Aim: To highlight the health hazards associated with ingestion of the readily available but relatively worthless Nigerian coin by children.
Methods: Medical records of cases of impacted oesophageal foreign bodies occurring in childhood over a seven year period were retrospectively analysed.
Results: The Nigerian coins were implicated in 14 cases. In 57.2% retention occurred at the upper third of the oesophagus while the middle was affected in 6 (42.8%) cases. Mean (±SEM) age was 4.60±0.60 years while the modal age bracket was 3.0-6.0 years. About 60.0% of those affected were males. Removal of coins was achieved in 13 (92.9%) children through oesophagoscopy while case fatality rate was 14.3%. Mean hospital stay, post-op, was 14.4 ± 9.9 days.
Conclusions: As a result of the health hazards, prohibitive cost of care for such patients, unwarranted disruption in the social life of the family of the affected child vis a vis the relative economic worthlessness of the Nigerian coin today, it is suggested that they be withdrawn from circulation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-12dfd13c378d4e3794ca3db12c59ca152022-12-22T03:41:46ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsInternational Journal of Medicine and Health Development2635-36952001-01-01628586Impacted oesophageal coin in Nigerian childrenS ElusojiM O IbadinAim: To highlight the health hazards associated with ingestion of the readily available but relatively worthless Nigerian coin by children. Methods: Medical records of cases of impacted oesophageal foreign bodies occurring in childhood over a seven year period were retrospectively analysed. Results: The Nigerian coins were implicated in 14 cases. In 57.2% retention occurred at the upper third of the oesophagus while the middle was affected in 6 (42.8%) cases. Mean (±SEM) age was 4.60±0.60 years while the modal age bracket was 3.0-6.0 years. About 60.0% of those affected were males. Removal of coins was achieved in 13 (92.9%) children through oesophagoscopy while case fatality rate was 14.3%. Mean hospital stay, post-op, was 14.4 ± 9.9 days. Conclusions: As a result of the health hazards, prohibitive cost of care for such patients, unwarranted disruption in the social life of the family of the affected child vis a vis the relative economic worthlessness of the Nigerian coin today, it is suggested that they be withdrawn from circulation.http://www.ijmhdev.com/article.asp?issn=2635-3695;year=2001;volume=6;issue=2;spage=85;epage=86;aulast=Elusoji;type=0nigerian coinoesophaguschildren |
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| title | Impacted oesophageal coin in Nigerian children |
| title_full | Impacted oesophageal coin in Nigerian children |
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| title_short | Impacted oesophageal coin in Nigerian children |
| title_sort | impacted oesophageal coin in nigerian children |
| topic | nigerian coin oesophagus children |
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