The Financial Toll of Trauma Care: Assessing Variation of Charges for Trauma Team Activation Across Adult US Trauma Centers

Acute abdominal distension in an one year old due to ingestion of unknown foreign body

“…These beads absorb water due to the hydrophilic effect and can enlarged by 200 times their original size3. When these small beads (6mm) are swallowed they increases in size within the gastro intestinal tract and may lead to intestinal obstruction (2). The radiolucent nature of these beads makes it difficult to identify on plain radiographs and can result in delayed diagnosis.…”