Esophageal foreign bodies in adults: systematic review of the literature

A Aiolfi, D Ferrari, CG Riva, F Toti… - Scandinavian journal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Objective: Esophageal Foreign Body (FB) impaction represents a major challenge
for healthcare providers. Aim of this systematic review was to analyse the current literature …

Esophageal foreign bodies and obstruction in the emergency department setting: an evidence-based review

B Long, A Koyfman, M Gottlieb - The Journal of emergency medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Patients with esophageal foreign bodies or food bolus impaction may present to
the emergency department with symptoms ranging from mild discomfort to severe distress …

Foreign body ingestion and food impaction in adults: better to scope than to wait

D Libânio, M Garrido, F Jácome… - United European …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background and objective To assess clinical outcomes after foreign body ingestion and food
impaction; to identify predictors of foreign body presence at the time of endoscopy. Methods …

Efficacy of cola ingestion for oesophageal food bolus impaction: open label, multicentre, randomised controlled trial

EG Tiebie, EP Baerends, T Boeije, PG Frankenmolen… - bmj, 2023 - bmj.com
Objective To determine the efficacy and safety of cola in resolving complete oesophageal
food bolus impaction. Design Open label, multicentre, randomised controlled trial. Setting …

Glucagon for relief of acute esophageal foreign bodies and food impactions: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

GD Peksa, JM DeMott, GW Slocum… - … : The Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Glucagon is frequently used for the relief of esophageal impactions. This systematic review
and meta‐analysis were performed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of glucagon for acute …

Esophageal disease and loss to follow-up are common among patients who experience non-endoscopic resolution of food impaction

P Hoversten, L Lomeli, AT Broman… - Diseases of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Many patients who experience esophageal food impaction (EFI) will have non-endoscopic
resolution (NER) of their EFI, but this population is poorly defined. The purpose of this study …

[HTML][HTML] Cola therapy for oesophageal food bolus impactions a case series

EP Baerends, T Boeije, A Van Capelle… - African Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Introduction This retrospective case series describes the use of cola to immediately treat
complete oesophageal food bolus obstructions in the emergency centre. Short of emergent …

Double-blind multicenter randomized clinical trial comparing glucagon vs placebo in the resolution of alimentary esophageal impaction

M de Benito Sanz, J Tejedor-Tejada… - Official journal of the …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of glucagon versus
placebo in resolving esophageal foreign body impaction (EFBI), as well as the length of the …

Conservative management of oesophageal soft food bolus impaction

J Hardman, N Sharma, J Smith… - Cochrane Database of …, 2020 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Impaction of a soft food bolus in the oesophagus causes dysphagia and
regurgitation. If the bolus does not pass spontaneously, then the patient is at risk of …

[PDF][PDF] Academic Life in Emergency Medicine (ALiEM) blog and podcast watch: gastrointestinal emergencies

J Khadpe, EJ Morley, SR Rezaie, A Grock - Cureus, 2019 - cureus.com
Abstract The Academic Life in Emergency Medicine (ALiEM) Approved Instructional
Resources (AIR) Series and Approved Instructional Resources-Professional (AIR-Pro) …