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Caustic ingestion

open access: yesThe Lancet, 2017
Corrosive ingestion is a rare but potentially devastating event and, despite the availability of effective preventive public health strategies, injuries continue to occur. Most clinicians have limited personal experience and rely on guidelines; however, uncertainty persists about best clinical practice.
Mircea, Chirica   +4 more
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Ingestion of Caustic Substances.

New England Journal of Medicine, 2020
Ingestion of Caustic Substances Acids and alkalis can cause tissue damage on contact. Accidental and intentional ingestions of caustic materials in adults and children are a worldwide health issue....
R. Hoffman, M. Burns, S. Gosselin
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Quality of Life After Caustic Ingestion

Annals of Surgery, 2020
Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate long-term QOL after caustic ingestion. Background: Caustic ingestion strongly affects patient's QOL but data on the topic is scarce in the literature ...
M. Faron   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Caustic Intoxication

Acta Clinica Belgica, 1990
After a retrospective study of 17 cases of caustic intoxication in the intensive care unit, the epidemiologic, pathophysiologic, clinic and therapeutic aspects are reviewed. The following procedure is suggested: early endoscopies, abstention of any gastric lavage, corticosteroids and empiric antibiotic therapy and the most early possible introduction ...
Le Bon, B.   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Caustics

DeckerMed Emergency Medicine, 2016
A caustic is any substance capable of causing full-thickness damage on contact with healthy, intact tissue. Caustic agents are generally classified by pH as acids or bases. Irritants are those substances that do not produce true breakdown of tissue but cause discomfort and inflammation, such as vomiting, burning eyes, or coughing.
Lynn A Farrugia, Kavita Babu
openaire   +2 more sources

Classification of Symmetric Caustics II: Caustic Equivalence

Journal of the London Mathematical Society, 1993
See the preview in Zbl 0738.58007.
Janeczko, Stanislaw, Roberts, Mark
openaire   +1 more source

Emergency Computed Tomography Predicts Caustic Esophageal Stricture Formation.

Annals of Surgery, 2019
BACKGROUND Endoscopy is the best predictor of stricture formation after caustic ingestion. OBJECTIVE Our aim was to compare the accuracy of emergency computed tomography (CT) and endoscopy in predicting risks of esophageal stricture.
M. Bruzzi   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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