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Button Battery Ingestion Clinical Practice Guidelines: An APSA Quality and Safety Committee Appraisal

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This APSA Quality and Safety Committee appraisal reviews clinical practice guidelines for button battery ingestion management, emphasizing the critical need for immediate endoscopic removal within 2 hours to prevent esophageal injury. Standardized protocols have demonstrated improved outcomes through reduced removal times and optimized patient triage.

Key takeaways

  • Esophageal button batteries require immediate endoscopic removal to prevent severe tissue injury and complications.
  • NASPGHAN recommends immediate removal; ESPGHAN recommends removal within 2 hours of presentation.
  • Standardized clinical protocols reduce time to removal, decrease unnecessary imaging, and improve patient triage.

Keywords

Button Battery Ingestion Pediatric Gastroenterology Endoscopic Retrieval Clinical Practice Guidelines Esophageal Foreign Body Patient Safety Naspghan

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#ButtonBattery #PediatricGastroenterology #PatientSafety #ClinicalGuidelines

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How to cite: GlobalCastMD. Button Battery Ingestion Clinical Practice Guidelines: An APSA Quality and Safety Committee Appraisal. GlobalCastMD Medical Library. 2026-03-31. https://library.globalcastmd.com/article/11751

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