Keywords:
Paediatric, Emergency, Gastrointestinal tract, Conventional radiography, CT-High Resolution, Digital radiography, Barium meal, Diagnostic procedure, Complications, Foreign bodies, Image registration
Authors:
A. Hambardzumyan, D. Dallakyan, A. Gevorgyan, N. H. Dallakyan, A. Karapetyan, G. Hayrapetyan; Yerevan/AM
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2019/C-0362
Conclusion
Non-metallic foreign bodies making up only 6,3% of the total number of children engage foreign bodies.
Despite the small number of children ingested non-metal foreign bodies to exclude late diagnosis and severe gastrointestinal complications,
there are the needs to combine different radiological methods with clinical examination and endoscopy.
Radiolucent non-metal foreign bodies with minimal clinical symptoms are most complicated for diagnosis and treatment: 10-11 months’ children more frequently engage labels or polyethylene peace; 20 - 35 months’ children had fruits or vegetables,
buttons,
meat,
and wood; 50 - 65 months’ children more frequently engage plastic toys,
nuts,
chicken or fish bones.
In our conviction pediatric hospitals accepted children with gastrointestinal foreign bodies obligated have to have the following departments: radiology with X-ray and CT scan,
emergency,
ICU,
ENT and GI departments with appropriate endoscopy units.