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Wednesday, 13 March 2013

Dangers Of Magnet Ingestion by Young Children Illustrated By New Study

A new case study illustrates in iCMAJ/i that physicians and parents must be aware of the growing danger of magnet ingestion by children because magnets can adhere to each other and cause life-threatening problems such as bowel perforations. "Modern magnet technology has transformed what was once an esoteric subtype of foreign-body ingestion into a common and lethal threat," writes Dr. Daniel Rosenfield, Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children ...


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