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pH‐neutralizing esophageal irrigations as a novel mitigation strategy for button battery injury

Overview of attention for article published in The Laryngoscope, June 2018
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Title
pH‐neutralizing esophageal irrigations as a novel mitigation strategy for button battery injury
Published in
The Laryngoscope, June 2018
DOI 10.1002/lary.27312
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Rachel R. Anfang, Kris R. Jatana, Rebecca L. Linn, Keith Rhoades, Jared Fry, Ian N. Jacobs

Abstract

Ingestion of button batteries (BB) can rapidly lead to caustic esophageal injury in infants and children, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality. To identify novel mitigation strategies, we tested common weakly acidic household beverages, viscous liquids, and Carafate® for their ability to act as protective esophageal irrigations until endoscopic removal of the BB. Cadaveric and live animal model. Apple juice, orange juice, Gatorade®, POWERADE®, pure honey, pure maple syrup, and Carafate® were screened using a 3 V lithium (3 V-CR2032) BB on cadaveric porcine esophagus. The most promising in vitro options were tested against a saline control in live American Yorkshire piglets with anode-facing placement of the BB on the posterior wall of the proximal esophagus for 60 minutes. BB voltage and tissue pH were measured before battery placement and after removal. The 10 mL irrigations occurred every 10 minutes from t = 5 minutes. Gross and histologic assessment was performed on the esophagus of piglets euthanized 7 ± 0.5 days following BB exposure. Honey and Carafate® demonstrated to a significant degree the most protective effects in vitro and in vivo. Both neutralized the tissue pH increase and created more localized and superficial injuries; observed in vivo was a decrease in both full-thickness injury (i.e., shallower depths of necrotic and granulation tissue) and outward extension of injury in the deep muscle beyond surface ulcer margins (P < .05). In the crucial period between BB ingestion and endoscopic removal, early and frequent ingestion of honey in the household setting and Carafate® in the clinical setting has the potential to reduce injury severity and improve patient outcomes. NA Laryngoscope, 2018.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 123 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Other 16 13%
Student > Postgraduate 15 12%
Student > Bachelor 14 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 12 10%
Researcher 9 7%
Other 26 21%
Unknown 31 25%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 64 52%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 3 2%
Neuroscience 3 2%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 2%
Other 9 7%
Unknown 36 29%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 778. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 March 2024.
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#5
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#508
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#1
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