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Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2017 History of present illness: A 51-year-old male with history of gastroesophageal reflux disease status post multiple endoscopies presented to the emergency department with severe abdominal pain.
Valentina Park, Jason Mefford
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Factors affecting perforation of the esophagus in patients with deep neck infection
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2022 Background Deep neck infection (DNI) is a serious disease that can lead to severe morbidity, including esophageal perforation, and mortality. However, no previous study has explored the risk factors associated with esophageal perforation in patients with
Shih-Lung Chen +3 more
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Minimally Invasive and Endoscopic Approach to Esophageal Perforation
Eurasian Journal of Medicine, 2022 Although esophageal perforation is rare, it is a life-threatening condition. The esophagus is very sensitive to rupture and perforation due to the absence of a serosal layer.
A. Eroğlu, Y. Aydın, A. Ulaş
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Current treatment and outcome of esophageal perforation
Medicine, 2021 Background: Esophageal perforation has been one of the serious clinical emergencies, because of the high mortality and complication rates. However, the current prognosis of esophageal perforation and the outcomes of available treatment methods are not ...
Yu-fan Deng +4 more
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Archives of Surgery, 1982 Esophageal perforation can be caused by any instrument, device, or foreign body reaching the hypopharynx. Diagnosis remains difficult. If esophageal perforation is suspected, Gastrografin (meglucamine diatrizoate) swallow study, eventually followed by barium swallow study, is the most useful diagnostic test.
L, Michel, H C, Grillo, R A, Malt
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A case of esophageal perforation caused by suicidal caffeine poisoning in a teenager [PDF]
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Journal, 2023 Spontaneous esophageal perforation (also known as Boerhaave syndrome) is associated with sudden increase in intra-esophageal pressure by vomiting, coughing or straining at stool.
So Jin Kim +6 more
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Endoscopic Treatment of Esophageal Foreign Bodies in the Elderly [PDF]
, 2009 SummaryBackgroundIngestion of a foreign body is a prevalent condition among children and psychiatric patients; however, such an issue has seldom been discussed in the elderly.MethodsA retrospective review of medical records of patients more than 60 years
Bonventre, Joseph V. +8 more
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Journal of Digestive Endoscopy, 2020 Esophageal perforation is a life-threatening condition with a high mortality rate. First described around 300 years ago, management of this fatal condition has emerged from surgical to endoscopic modalities with much less morbidity and mortality when ...
Prasanta Debnath +4 more
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Blunt Trauma Patient with Esophageal Perforation
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2014 Traumatic perforation of the esophagus due to blunt trauma is a rare thoracic emergency. The most common causes of esophageal perforation are iatrogenic, and the upper cervical esophageal region is the most often injured.
Nese C. Oray +4 more
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Esophageal rupture complicated by acute pericarditis
Türk Kardiyoloji Derneği Arşivi, 2014 Esophageal perforation is a serious condition with a high mortality rate. Delayed detection of esophageal perforation may result in devastating complications such as mediastinitis and pericarditis.
Hakan Duman +3 more
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