Rsearch progress on ingested foreign bodies in children / 中国小儿急救医学

ABSTRACT

Foreign body ingestion refers to the object that can not be digested in the gastintestic tract and can not be discharged from the body in time.In children with foreign bodies ingestion, the clinical symptoms and signs are often lack of specificity, and the medical history is sometimes unclear.If the treatment is not timely, it will have a serious impact on the healthy growth of children, which can cause various complications, and even death.In this review, the epidemic characteristics, clinical symptoms, foreign body′s types, locations, examinations, treatment and prognosis were described.