Ingestion of caustic hair relaxer: Is endoscopy necessary?

Laryngoscope

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 897-902

  Cox III, Artemus J ^a   Eisenbeis, John F ^a,b  

^a SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital at SLU   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BARIUM; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; CARBONIC ACID; CAUSTIC AGENT; GUANIDINE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXIDE; LITHIUM; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INGESTION; LAW; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BURNS, CHEMICAL; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; CAUSTICS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEGLUTITION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUANIDINES; HAIR PREPARATIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT; LIP; MALE; MOUTH; PHARYNX; PRODUCT PACKAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030797557     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199707000-00012     Document Type: Article

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