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Caustic Ingestion and Foreign Bodies

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Their homes and surroundings can be dangerous places for children, particularly with regard to the possibility of unintentional swallowing of foreign bodies or potentially dangerous liquids. Each year millions of unintentional swallowing of foreign bodies or potentially dangerous liquids occur. This chapter focuses on caustic and various foreign bodies ingestions with particular attention to prevention.

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Reinberg, O. (2017). Caustic Ingestion and Foreign Bodies. In: Lima, M. (eds) Pediatric Digestive Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40525-4_16

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