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Utilizing a critical airway response team expedites esophageal button battery removal
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Chapter 1 of 1 · Acute Management
Battery removal algorithm
Clinical algorithm for esophageal button battery removal
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What the experts said
A retrospective study done in Connecticut evaluated if the implementation of a clinical management algorithm for the treatment of esophageal button battery could shorten the time between the chest x-ray and the button battery removal.
The study included 13 patients, six before the implementation and seven after.
The implementation of the algorithm shortened the time from the chest x-ray to the button battery removal from 73 minutes to 35 minutes.
It seems that it's super necessary to have an algorithm to treat these patients.