Risk factors for stricture development after caustic ingestion

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 49, Issue 48, 2002, Pages 1563-1566

  Nunes, Amadeu C R ^a   Romãozinho, José M ^a   Pontes, José M ^a   Rodrigues, Vitor ^a   Ferreira, Manuela ^a   Gomes, Dário ^a   Freitas, Diniz ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Caustic injury; Risk factors; Strictures

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSTIC BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CAUSTICS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036840055     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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