eprintid: 10204878
rev_number: 8
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datestamp: 2025-02-18 11:38:48
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creators_name: Schaffer, Sierra
creators_name: Neville, Jonathan J
creators_name: Hall, Nigel J
title: Full-cycle audit of the RCEM Best Practice Guidelines for the ingestion of super strong magnets in children using data from a UK prospective observational study
ispublished: inpress
divisions: UCL
divisions: B02
divisions: D13
divisions: G22
note: This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
abstract: Strong rare-earth magnet ingestion by children is dangerous. Multiple magnets can attract one another from different parts of the gastrointestinal tract to cause obstruction, fistulation or perforation.  The incidence of paediatric magnet ingestions appears to be increasing.  In response to this hazard, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) Best Practice Guidelines were published in 2021 to
provide management recommendations for children presenting to the emergency department after ingesting strong
magnets.  In order to evaluate the
adherence of these guidelines in clinical practice we audited the guidelines using a national dataset from a prospective observational study of paediatric
magnet ingestion. Eight audit standards
were derived from the RCEM Best
Practice Guideline for the purposes of
this study.
date: 2025-01-09
date_type: published
publisher: BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-327729
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 2352892
doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2024-327729
medium: Print-Electronic
pii: archdischild-2024-327729
lyricists_name: Neville, Jonathan
lyricists_id: JNEVI12
actors_name: Neville, Jonathan
actors_id: JNEVI12
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Archives of Disease in Childhood
pages: 2
event_location: England
issn: 0003-9888
citation:        Schaffer, Sierra;    Neville, Jonathan J;    Hall, Nigel J;      (2025)    Full-cycle audit of the RCEM Best Practice Guidelines for the ingestion of super strong magnets in children using data from a UK prospective observational study.                   Archives of Disease in Childhood        10.1136/archdischild-2024-327729 <https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2024-327729>.    (In press).    Green open access   
 
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