Toree McGowan had a patient who swallowed a mini bulb from a string of Christmas lights: "If you look closely on his X-ray, it looks like the small bowel has a great idea."Toree McGowan Emergency ...
The variety of non-food items that children place into their mouths is alarming. Coins, batteries, magnets, needles, pins, tacks, glass, wood, earrings, rings and toy or game pieces are some of the ...
Most children taken to an emergency room because of a swallowed object were seen putting the object in their mouth. But sometimes a child swallows something without an adult seeing it. From marbles, ...
A psychiatric patient at Yale New Haven Hospital continued to swallow wires out of surgical masks, as well as batteries and other objects, despite orders of one-to-one observation, according to a ...
LEIPZIG, GERMANY — Children frequently ingest small magnets from magnetic construction kits, board games, 3D puzzles, figurines, or doll clothing. The consequences can be fatal, warned Felicitas ...
Society's move to cashless payments may have had an unintended positive side effect, surgeons say - fewer children needing operations or procedures to remove swallowed coins. The Ear, Nose and Throat ...
Emergency physicians have found a range of strange objects inside their patients. Patients have come to the ER after swallowing toothbrushes, lightbulbs, and kitchen utensils. Doctors will often let ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A psychiatric patient at Yale New Haven Hospital continued to swallow wires out of surgical masks, as well as batteries and other ...
Emergency physicians have found a range of strange objects inside their patients. Patients have come to the ER after swallowing toothbrushes, lightbulbs, and kitchen utensils. Doctors will often let ...