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Chemical Burn-Induced Corrosive Epiglottitis in an Elderly Patient with Major Depression
Life, 2023 Acute epiglottitis (AE) is a potential emergency of the respiratory tract caused mainly by bacterial infection. However, nonbacterial infection causes, such as corrosive injuries, may result in death due to gastrointestinal perforation if a timely ...
Ang Lu +4 more
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Corrosive injuries of the upper gastrointestinal tract: A pictorial review of the imaging features
Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, 2019 Corrosive ingestion is a common form of poisoning. Corrosive agents cause severe damage to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The most severe forms of injury can lead to mortality; however, the major concern with this type of injury is life-long morbidity.
Rohan Kamat +5 more
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Journal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, 2022 Introduction:Corrosive substance intake, which has an important place in home accidents, is still an important public health problem in our country. In this study, it was aimed to investigate all aspects of patients who applied to the pediatric emergency
Hilal Karabağ Çıtlak, Mehmet Aslan
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Pneumopericardium due to ingestion of button battery
Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, 2016 Mostly ingested button batteries passed through the gastrointestinal tract without any adverse effects. But button battery can lead to hazardous complications including tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF), especially when the battery is impacted in the ...
Jai Prakash Soni +3 more
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Toxics, 2023 The use of antibiotics following oral poisoning by corrosives and organophosphates is controversial. We assessed the clinical outcomes of using antibiotics in acute poisonous ingestion involving corrosives or organophosphates by conducting a ...
Joud K. Altuwaijri +5 more
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Esophagitis Dissecans Superficialis (EDS) Secondary to corrosive ingestion: Case Report [PDF]
Asia Pacific Journal of Medical ToxicologyBackground: Ingestion of corrosive chemicals is a major problem, especially in developing countries. Ingestion may be deliberate as suicide attempts (mostly in adolescents and adults) or accidental (mostly in children).Case presentation: A 50-year-old ...
Maha Ghanem, Sara Ghitani
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Complex Refractory Esophageal Stricture Due to Chronic Gasoline Ingestion: A Case Report
Medicina, 2023 Esophageal stricture is a narrowing of the esophageal lumen which is often characterized by impaired swallowing or dysphagia. It can be induced by inflammation, fibrosis or neoplasia which damages the mucosa and/or submucosa of the esophagus.
Henry Sutanto, Amie Vidyani
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Surgical Outcome of Corrosive Induced Antropyloric strictures
Iranian Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2020 Introduction: Corrosive induced upper gastrointestinal tract injuries in pediatric patients, is not easy to treat. Interestingly only few reports are available in English literature highlighting the management and surgical outcome of corrosive induced ...
Asif Iqbal +6 more
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Profile of acute poisoning cases and their outcome in a teaching hospital of north India
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2019 Objectives: Aim of this study was to characterize acute poisoning and snakebite cases and their outcome in the Emergency Department (ED). Methods: This was a prospective study done in the ED of a tertiary healthcare center. Study included 184 patients of
Roshan Mathew +4 more
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