Multicentre study of magnet ingestion in Spanish paediatric emergency departments

Copyright © 2022 Asociación Española de Pediatría. Published by Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved..

INTRODUCTION: The ingestion of magnetic objects can cause complications in children, and there are no epidemiological or clinical data on the subject in Spain.

OBJECTIVES: To determine the incidence, epidemiological characteristics and management of magnet ingestion in paediatric emergency departments in Spain.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: Prospective observational multicentre study conducted over a 3-year period. The study universe consisted of patients aged less than 14 years.

RESULTS: The incidence was 4.8 cases per 100 000 emergency care episodes. Of the 72 patients included (mean age, 7.2 years), 54% were male. Seven percent had neuropsychiatric disorders. Sixty-one percent of the magnets were spherical and 69% came from toys. The size was variable, most frequently between 5 and 10 mm (50%), and ranging from 3 to 30 mm. Eighty-six percent of patients were asymptomatic. The most frequent symptom was abdominal pain. Eighty-three percent of the patients sought medical care within 6 h of ingestion and 92% within 24 h. Thirty-one percent of the cases were of multiple ingestion. Endoscopy was required for extraction in 15% of cases, a proportion that rose to 36% in the group of cases of multiple ingestion. None of the patients required surgery. We did not observe any gastrointestinal complications of magnet ingestion.

CONCLUSIONS: The ingestion of multiple magnets is less frequent than single magnet ingestion, and we did not observe any complications despite the lower frequency of procedures compared to other studies.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:97

Enthalten in:

Anales de pediatria - 97(2022), 5 vom: 30. Nov., Seite 310-316

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Arbeloa Miranda, Amaia [VerfasserIn]
Samson, Frederic [VerfasserIn]
Andina Martínez, David [VerfasserIn]
Ruiz Domínguez, Jose Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Sáinz de la Maza, Victoria Trenchs [VerfasserIn]
Azcúnaga Sanibañez, Beatriz [VerfasserIn]
Cadenas Benítez, Maria Noelia [VerfasserIn]
Díaz Simal, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Lobato Salinas, Zulema [VerfasserIn]
Gilabert Iriondo, Núria [VerfasserIn]
López de Soria, Cristina Olivas [VerfasserIn]
Landa Maya, Jose Julian [VerfasserIn]
Pérez Sáez, Maria Amalia [VerfasserIn]
Romero-Hombrebueno Domínguez, Nieves [VerfasserIn]
Casquero Cossio, Alejandro [VerfasserIn]
Grupo Ingesta Imanes RiSEUP SPERG [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Foreign body ingestion
Imanes
Ingestión
Ingestión cuerpo extraño
Ingestion
Journal Article
Magnetic objects
Magnets
Multicenter Study
Objetos imantados
Observational Study
Paediatric emergencies
Urgencias de pediatría

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 08.11.2022

Date Revised 08.11.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.anpede.2022.09.001

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM346325064