title: Guideline for the management of ingested foreign bodies.
abstract: This is one of a series of statements discussing the utilization of gastrointestinal endoscopy in common clinical situations. The Standards of Practice Committee of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy prepared this text. In preparing this guideline, a MEDLINE literature search was performed, and additional references were obtained from the bibliographies of the identified articles and from recommendations of expert consultants. When little or no data exist from well-designed prospective trials, emphasis is given to results from large series and reports from recognized experts. Guidelines for appropriate utilization of endoscopy are based on a critical review of the available data and expert consensus. Further controlled clinical studies are needed to clarify aspects of this statement, and revision may be necessary as new data appear. Clinical consideration may justify a course of action at variance to these recommendations.
authors.forename: Glenn M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Eisen
authors.forename: Todd H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Baron
authors.forename: Jason A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Dominitz
authors.forename: Douglas O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Faigel
authors.forename: Jay L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: John F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Johanson
authors.forename: J Shawn
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Mallery
authors.forename: Hareth M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Raddawi
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Vargo
authors.forename: J Patrick
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Waring
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Fanelli
authors.forename: Jo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wheeler-Harbough
mesh_terms: D004064:Digestive System / Q000473:pathology; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000592:standards*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans