Fidget Spinner Ingestions in Children—A Problem that Spun Out of Nowhere

Patrick T. Reeves; Cade M. Nylund; James M. Noel; David S. Jones; Bruno P. Chumpitazi; Henry A. Milczuk; R. Adam Noel

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.01.064

Fidget Spinner Ingestions in Children—A Problem that Spun Out of Nowhere

Patrick T. Reeves^*, Cade M. Nylund, James M. Noel, David S. Jones, Bruno P. Chumpitazi, Henry A. Milczuk, R. Adam Noel

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Abstract

The Consumer Product Safety Risk Management System's injury and potential injury database records 13 cases of fidget spinner ingestion since 2016. In addition to a database query, we report 3 additional cases of fidget spinner ingestion to describe patient presentations and subsequent management strategies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	275-279
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Pediatrics
Volume	197
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2018.01.064
State	Published - Jun 2018

Keywords

children
fidget spinner
ingestion
injury
toy

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