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The Clinical Takeaway: Why Button Batteries are Scary and Sometimes Deadly
The Clinical Takeaway: Why Button Batteries are Scary and Sometimes Deadly

The Clinical Takeaway: Why Button Batteries are Scary and Sometimes Deadly

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In this episode:

 

 

– Presenting features are often vague and misleading which is why it is scary
– Life threatening negative sequelae can occur even weeks after removal
– What to do and where to refer when you suspect ingestion

 

 

Host: Dr David Lim, GP  |  Guest: Dr Ruth Barker,  |  Total time: 50 mins

 

Watch Dr Ruth Barker’s full video lecture below on Button Batteries – Landmines in the Loungeroom

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Speaker

Dr Ruth Barker

Emergency Paediatrician; Director, Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit

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Dr Ruth Barker is an emergency paediatrician and Director of the Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit. She combines her experience of patient ED presentations with emergency injury data to advocate for injury prevention through design, standards and legislative change.

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