Pediatric Magnet Ingestions After Federal Rule Changes, 2009-2019

JAMA. 2020 Nov 24;324(20):2102-2104. doi: 10.1001/jama.2020.19153.

Abstract

This study describes trends in emergency department visits for ingestions by children of small neodymium magnets between 2009 and 2019, before, during, and after a 2014 Consumer Product Safety Commission rule restricting their sales.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Consumer Product Safety / legislation & jurisprudence*
  • Emergency Service, Hospital / trends*
  • Female
  • Foreign Bodies / epidemiology*
  • Government Regulation*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Linear Models
  • Magnets*
  • Male
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care / statistics & numerical data
  • United States