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This is a retrospective study conducted on a population of 286 pediatric patients (0\u201317 years) evaluated for foreign body ingestion at the Pediatric ED of \u201cFondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, IRCSS\u201d between October 2014 and June 2019. Data concerning age and gender, underlying diseases, type of foreign body, symptoms and signs, instrumental tests, specialist visits, treatment and outcome were analyzed. The majority of foreign bodies were coins (23%). Symptoms recurred in 50% of the foreign bodies with esophageal localization and between the 92 (32%) patients with symptoms the most common was vomiting (7%). X-rays was performed in 61% of patients. Among all patients, 253 patients (88.8%) had been discharged, 21 (7%) had been hospitalized, and four (1.4%) were sent to an outpatient facility. Besides, 17 (5.9%) patients had been transferred to the Observation Unit. 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