GI Foreign Body Ingestion

<p>In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, discuss the May 2023 Emergency Medicine Practice article on <a href="https://www.ebmedicine.net/topics/gastrointestinal/emergency-medicine-foreign-bodies" style="color:rgb(0,0,255);">Emergency Department Management of Gastrointestinal Foreign Body Ingestion</a></p><p></p><p>Epidemiology</p><p>Etiology - types of ingestions</p><p>Anatomy - common locations by age</p><ul><li>Food impaction</li><li>Sharp objects</li><li>Button batteries</li><li>Magnets</li><li>Colorectal foreign bodies</li></ul><p>Prehospital care</p><p>History and Physical</p><p>Imaging</p><p>Expectant management</p><p>Endoscopic removal</p><p>Non-endoscopic techniques</p><p>Body Packing</p><p>Glucagon</p><p>Gastric button batteries</p><p>Summary</p>