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Handheld Metal Detector Screening for Metallic Foreign Body Ingestion in Children
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Handheld Metal Detector Screening for Metallic Foreign Body Ingestion in Children
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04:55 min

September 11, 2018

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Chapters

  • 00:04Title
  • 01:22Prepare the Patient, Examiner, and Caregivers
  • 02:06Metal Detector Screening
  • 03:02Perform the Relevant Radiograph and Record the Test Results
  • 03:31Results: Handheld Metal Detectors able to Detect Ingested Metallic Foreign Bodies
  • 04:06Conclusion

Summary

Automatic Translation

Here, we present a protocol to use the handheld metal detector, to screen for the presence of ingested metallic foreign bodies in children who present to the pediatric emergency medicine department with a history of foreign body ingestion.

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