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Shuja A, Winston DM, Rahman AU, et al. Esophageal food impaction during cultural holidays and national athletic events. Gastroenterol Rep (Oxf). 2016;5(1):43-46doi: 10.1093/gastro/gow041.
Shuja, A., Winston, D. M., Rahman, A. U., Mitty, R. D., Jaber, B. L., & Keo, T. (2017). Esophageal food impaction during cultural holidays and national athletic events. Gastroenterology report, 5(1), 43-46. https://doi.org/10.1093/gastro/gow041
Shuja, Asim, et al. "Esophageal food impaction during cultural holidays and national athletic events." Gastroenterology report vol. 5,1 (2017): 43-46. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/gastro/gow041
Shuja A, Winston DM, Rahman AU, Mitty RD, Jaber BL, Keo T. Esophageal food impaction during cultural holidays and national athletic events. Gastroenterol Rep (Oxf). 2017 Feb;5(1):43-46. doi: 10.1093/gastro/gow041. Epub 2016 Dec 23. PMID: 28011862; PMCID: PMC5444255.
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Gastroenterol Rep (Oxf). 2017 Feb;5(1):43-46. doi: 10.1093/gastro/gow041. Epub 2016 Dec 23.

Esophageal food impaction during cultural holidays and national athletic events.

Gastroenterology report

Asim Shuja, Diana M Winston, Asad Ur Rahman, Roger D Mitty, Bertrand L Jaber, Thormika Keo

Affiliations

  1. Department of Medicine, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA, [email protected].
  2. Division of Gastroenterology, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
  3. Division of Gastroenterology, University of Florida Health, Jacksonville, FL, USA.
  4. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA and.
  5. Department of Medicine, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
  6. Division of Gastroenterology, Central Texas VA Healthcare System, Temple, TX, USA.

PMID: 28011862 PMCID: PMC5444255 DOI: 10.1093/gastro/gow041

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Although intrinsic risk factors contributing to esophageal food impaction are well established, whether social behavior affects its occurrence has not yet been examined.

METHODS: We conducted a retrospective review of the gastroenterology endoscopy procedural documentation software for the period of 2001-2012 to identify all patients who presented to our emergency department for esophageal foreign-body removal at the time of national athletic events and holidays associated with dietary indiscretions.

RESULTS: We found that adults undergoing emergent esophagogastroduodenoscopy during periods celebrating cultural holidays and national athletic events were more likely to experience esophageal food impaction compared with those undergoing emergent endoscopy during periods not associated with these events (36.8% vs 3.6%; P < 0.001): a 10-fold increase. During a national holiday/athletic event period, the most common impacted food item was turkey (50%) followed by chicken (29%) and beef (21%).

CONCLUSIONS: Esophageal food impaction is more likely to occur on American holidays and national athletic events and is associated with large meals. Patients with intrinsic risk factors should be advised to modify their diet during cultural events associated with tachyphagia and large meals to prevent esophageal food impaction.

© The Author(s) 2016. Published by Oxford University Press and Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University.

Keywords: athletic event; esophagus; food impaction; foreign body; holiday

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