PilBouTox® Project: Button Battery Poisoning From Data Collected by French Poison Control Centres

Button batteries are found in all householders and can be responsible for poisoning, in particular in children. Unexpected complications and death in children who have ingested button battery have been published for over twenty years in medical literature. There are many questions related to the treatment that remain unanswered, because some data are missing in previously published studies. The main objective of this study is to precisely describe poisoning cases by button battery in order to propose a better management