Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Paediatric Gastroenterology: Management of Foreign Body Ingestion in Children
The European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN)
This course covered how to manage the ingestion of button batteries, magnets, impacted food and objects that are sharp, blunt, corrosive or superabsorbent. It included symptoms, risks, interventions and case studies based on ESPGHAN position papers and the experience of experts in paediatric care.
3 weeks, 3 hours per week
Associate Professor Christos Tzivinikos
Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist
The European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN)
Associate Professor Matjaž Homan
Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist
The European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN)
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Identify the signs and symptoms of foreign body ingestion in children.
- Explain the steps to manage ingestion of button batteries, magnets, impacted food, and objects that are sharp-pointed, blunt, superabsorbent, or corrosive.
- Describe how to deal with complications in foreign body ingestion scenarios in children.
- Demonstrate understanding of the appropriate indications, timing, and equipment for endoscopic intervention, depending on the child and the foreign body.
- Apply knowledge of imaging studies (e.g. X-ray, CT, and MRI) to the diagnosis, management, and monitoring of cases of foreign body ingestion.
- Collaborate with surgical, ENT, and anaesthesia teams promptly and appropriately when managing certain foreign body ingestion cases.
- Discuss how to raise awareness of the risks of foreign body ingestion and help prevent cases in children.
Syllabus
• Identification and treatment of foreign bodies ingestion
• Endoscopic interventions following foreign body ingestion
• Prevention and awareness of foreign body ingestion
• Collaboration between surgical, ENT, and anaesthesia teams
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Issued on 2nd March 2026
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