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slash EM cases. As part of our best of University of Toronto EM Quick Hit series, it's my pleasure to have back on

the show, Dr. Olivia Ostro. Dr. Ostro is an academic clinician and the director of quality for the

Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children and an associate professor

in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Toronto.

With her work in patient safety, she's developed a special interest in a relatively uncommon,

but life-threatening, true emergency that unfortunately is on the rise, where super fast recognition and management is paramount. Can you guess what this pediatric emergency medicine topic is?

Well, it's button battery ingestion. So those little disc-shaped batteries that we use for so many

gadgets, from flashlights to car keys and even children's toys, you'll see this in children

under the age of six years old, and the problem is that recognizing

it can be really tricky because often no one sees the child ingesting that button battery.

So welcome back to EM cases, Dr. Ostro.

It's awesome to have you back.

Thank you so much for inviting me back.

I'm delighted to be here and to talk about, as you said,

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