Symptoms associated with button batteries injuries in XXXX : An epidemiological review.

@entity1 @entity146 @entity1282 @entity221 @entity130
OBJECTIVES: To provide an epidemiological framework of symptoms related to Foreign Body (FB) injuries due to Button Battery (BB). METHODS: Data on BB ingestion/inhalation have been obtained from the ButtonBatteryDB. The ButtonBatteryDB is a database collecting information on @entity130 in @entity1 (0-18 years of age). Data on 348 BB injures have been derived from the Registry of Foreign Body Injuries "Susy Safe" (269 cases) and from published scientific literature reporting case reports of @entity130 (79 cases). RESULTS: Most of injured @entity1 were male and BBs were found more often in the mouth/esophagus/stomach (ICD935) and in the nose (ICD932). Analyzing symptoms related to BB located in the esophagus/mouth/stomach, we found that @entity1 had higher probability of experiencing @entity1282 (30.19%, 95% C.I. 17.83-42.55), @entity221 and cough (26.42%, 95% C.I. 14.55-38.28), compared to the other symptoms. Referring to the probability that symptoms occurred simultaneously, @entity221 and cough are more likely (3.72%, 95% C.I. 1.0-6-43) to jointly showing up in @entity1 with BB in mouth/esophagus/stomach (ICD935), followed by @entity221 and @entity1282 (2.66%, 95% C.I. 0.36-4.96) and by @entity221 and @entity146 /crying, @entity221 and drooling, @entity1282 and @entity146 /crying (2.13% C.I. 0.00-4.19, 95% C.I.) CONCLUSIONS: These findings provide new insight in clinical presentation of @entity130 : the identification of unique patterns of symptoms related to @entity130 is useful to perform an early diagnosis (and to guarantee a prompt medical reaction), also when the injury is un-witnessed.
