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Accidental Ingestion of Hearing Aid with Exposed Battery

A 59-year-old female presented to the emergency department (ED) three days after accidental ingestion of an intact in-the-ear hearing aid. This is the first report of ingestion of a complete hearing aid traveling past the gastroesophageal junction. Of concern was the exposed battery attached to the...

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Autores principales: Kunstadt, Ethan B., Langdorf, Mark I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965159/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29849300
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2017.1.33281