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Button Battery Ingestion Statistics

Figure 1. National Poison Data System (NPDS) Button Battery Ingestion Frequency and Severity for Moderate, Major, and Fatal Outcomes, 1985-2014

Figure 2. National Poison Data System (NPDS) Button Battery Ingestion Frequency and Severity for Major and Fatal Outcomes, 1985-2014

Table 1. Button Battery Ingestions Reported to the National Poison Data System (NPDS), 1985-2014

Table 2. Button Battery Ingestions in Children Younger than 6 years Reported to the National Poison Data System (NPDS), 1985-2014

Figure 1. National Poison Data System (NPDS) Button Battery Ingestion Frequency and Severity for Moderate, Major, and Fatal Outcomes, 1985-2014
 Figure 1 1985 to 2014 major and fatal outcomes

Adapted and updated from: Litovitz T, Whitaker N, Clark L, White NC, Marsolek M. Emerging battery ingestion hazard: Clinical implications. Pediatrics 2010; 125(6):1168-1177. Epub 2010 May 24. 


Figure 2. National Poison Data System (NPDS) Button Battery Ingestion Frequency and Severity for Major and Fatal Outcomes, 1985-2014
 Figure 1 1985 to 2014 major and fatal outcomes

Adapted and updated from: Litovitz T, Whitaker N, Clark L, White NC, Marsolek M. Emerging battery ingestion hazard: Clinical implications. Pediatrics 2010; 125(6):1168-1177. Epub 2010 May 24. 


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