Table 1.
Clinical data of children with ingested magnetic foreign bodies at admission
| n = 56 | Proportion (Intragroup proportion)1 | |
| The time of ingestion can be confirmed | 45 | 80.4% |
| < 3 d | (33) | (73.3%) |
| 3-14 d | (7) | (15.6) |
| > 14 d | (5) | (11.1) |
| Unable to determine the time of ingestion | 11 | 19.6% |
| Having gastrointestinal symptoms | (9) | (81.8%) |
| Having no gastrointestinal symptoms | (2) | (18.2%) |
| Admission symptoms | ||
| Abdominal pain (crying) | 6 | 10.7% |
| Abdominal pain (crying) and vomiting | 15 | 26.8% |
| Abdominal pain (crying), vomiting, and fever | 3 | 5.4% |
| Shock | 2 | 3.6% |
| No symptoms | 30 | 53.6% |
1
Proportion is the proportion of this item to the total cases with magnetic ingestion. The intragroup proportion in parentheses is the proportion of this item to the number of cases within the subgroup.