Oral and airway sequelae after relaxer ingestion

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 36-37

  Babl, Franz E ^a,b,c   Edelberg, Lise H ^a,b   Shannon, Michael ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Hair relaxer; Ingestion

Indexed keywords

CAUSTIC AGENT; COSMETIC;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSTIC BURN; ERYTHEMA; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INFANT; INGESTION; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INJURY; ULCER;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CAUSTICS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COUGH; DEXAMETHASONE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ERYTHEMA; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HAIR PREPARATIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PRODUCT LABELING; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035102660     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200102000-00010     Document Type: Article

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