Listen "Fidget Spinners and Other Ingested Foreign Objects (S1:E7)"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode, Robert Kramer, MD, talks about the dangers of kids and adolescents swallowing common household toys and a recent case involving ingested fidget spinner parts. Dr. Kramer is a pediatric gastroenterologist at Children's Colorado. In this episode: Recent cases of patients ingesting fidget spinner parts Dangers of ingesting button batteries and other small components Why magnets represent a special threat for kids Age groups impacted by incidental ingestion of objects Batteries ingested into the gastrointestinal tract and how to manage them Types of injuries that can occur beyond damage to the blood vessels The importance of getting the battery out as soon as possible after ingestion
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