Emergency Department Experience of Foreign Body Ingestion: An Analysis of 69 Cases in an Academic Hospital in Saudi Arabia

Emergency Department Experience of Foreign Body Ingestion: An Analysis of 69 Cases in an Academic Hospital in Saudi Arabia

Aim: Foreign body (FB) ingestions represent a challenging clinical problem in the emergency departments (EDs), and 20% of cases undergo an endoscopy. We aimed to report our experience with FB ingestion based on age, sex, type of FB material, comorbidities, and intervention in ED of King Abdulaziz Un...

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Main Authors: Jameel Talal Abualenain, Hani Akram Jawa, Yagoub Yahya Bintaleb, Mahdi Mohammed Abulkalam, Mohammed Abdullah Aldini, Abdulrahman Khaled Dafterdar, Nawaf Turki Ashgan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Galenos Yayinevi 2018-03-01
Series:Eurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Foreign body
ingestion
emergency
endoscopy
Online Access: http://akademikaciltip.com/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/emergency-department-experience-of-foreign-body-ng/21747

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