Pediatric Emergency Care • Volume 32, Number 10, October 2016

Magnetic Foreign Body Ingestions

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CME EXAMINATION October 2016 Please mark your answers on the ANSWER SHEET. Magnetic Foreign Body Ingestions, Alfonzo and Baum 1. A 24-month-old boy presents to the pediatric emergency department with bilious vomiting and abdominal pain 1 day after returning from his grandparents’ home for the weekend. He has had no sick contacts. Upon arrival, he is afebrile, tachycardic, and hypotensive. He is poorly cooperative with the exam, but his abdomen seems firm, distended, and diffusely tender to palpation with voluntary guarding. Which of the following initial clinical steps would be best? a. Consult pediatric surgery b. Obtain abdominal ultrasound STAT c. Obtain AP chest and abdominal radiographs STAT d. Obtain IV access and administer 20 mL/kg normal saline bolus 2. Which of the following patients are at increased risk for magnetic foreign body ingestion? a. 2-year-old female whose father possesses Buckyballs b. 9-month-old male whose older sister has a Polly Pocket Playset c. 13-year-old male touting a magnetic tongue “piercing” d. All of the above 3. A 5-year-old patient reports ingestion of multiple high-powered magnets approximately 4 hours ago and radiographs have identified multiple small spherical radio-opaque objects in the stomach, linked in a ring. His vital signs are within normal limits and his abdominal exam is benign. Your next clinical step should be: a. Consult pediatric gastrointestinal specialist for emergent endoscopic removal b. Place nasogastric tube for PEG 3350 administration and admit for serial abdominal radiographs

c. Obtain STAT abdominal CT scan with oral and IV contrast d. Discharge home and screen stool for evidence of passage 4. A 15-month-old girl presents to the pediatric emergency department accompanied by parents who report that several of their Zen Magnets have gone missing. She is asymptomatic. Your next clinical step should be: a. Consult pediatric gastroenterology b. Obtain AP chest and abdominal radiographs STAT c. Obtain STAT abdominal CT scan with oral and IV contrast d. Place nasogastric tube for PEG 3350 administration and admit for serial abdominal radiographs 5. As a patient-advocate, which of the following ways can a clinician enhance home safety for children? a. Discourage adolescents from using magnetic facial or oral piercings b. Encourage parents to remove high-powered magnets from the home c. Report any known cases of magnet ingestion to the CPSC at www.SaferProducts.gov d. All of the above

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Pediatric Emergency Care • Volume 32, Number 10, October 2016

Alfonzo and Baum

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