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A 2-Year-Old Boy Is Brought to the Emergency Department by His

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A 2-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department by his father due to ingestion of a foreign body an hour ago. The patient's father states, "He was playing with his mother's purse when I saw him put a dime into his mouth. I immediately went over to try to remove the coin but it was no longer in his mouth." The child has been acting normally since the ingestion and has had no coughing, drooling, or vomiting. He has not tried to eat or drink since the incident. The patient is otherwise healthy and takes no daily medications. He has no known allergies. Blood pressure is 80/50 mm Hg, pulse is 120/min, and respirations are 24/min. Pulse oximetry is 99% on room air. Physical examination demonstrates a well-appearing, comfortable child. No foreign bodies are visualized in the mouth, nares, or ears. Cardiopulmonary examination is normal. The abdomen is soft, nontender, and nondistended. X-ray of the chest and abdomen reveals a 2-cm radiopaque object in the stomach. Which of the following is the best next step in management of this patient?

Definitions:

Continuous

Refers to a type of variable or data that can take an infinite number of values within a given range.

Pearson's Correlation Coefficient

A measure of the strength and direction of a linear relationship between two continuous variables, computed as the covariance of the variables divided by the product of their standard deviations.

Ordinal

A term referring to a type of data or a scale of measurement where items are ranked in order but the differences between rank positions are not necessarily equidistant.

Partial Correlation

A measure of the degree of association between two variables while holding one or more other variables constant.