Which of the following is true regarding foreign bodies ingestion in children?
A. Needles are the most common.B. They always cause complication if they passbeyond cardia
C. Patients with button batteries can be kept onobservation
D. Most swallowed objects pass spontaneously
E. Child in a supine position, material is morelikely to enter the right main bronchus
The answer is. D. Most swallowed objects pass spontaneously
E. Child in a supine position, material is
morelikely to enter the right main bronchus
Coins are the
most frequently swallowed foreign bodiesin children. Once beyond the cardia, they
almost nevercause complication in normal gastrointestinal tract.Button
batteries must be removed urgently if they remainin the esophagus or stomach
because they can causeperforation or poisoning. The need to remove sharpobjects
depends on their size, age of the child and theirposition in the gut. In a
child in an upright position, theright-sided airways are direct entries from
the trachea.The left main bronchus is smaller than the right mainbronchus and
is slightly angled. In a child in a supineposition, material is more likely to
enter the right mainbronchus.
