Treatment of caustic ingestion: An analysis of 239 cases

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 210-213

  Mamede, Rui Celso Martins ^a   De Mello Filho, F V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDOTE; CORTICOSTEROID; PREDNISONE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; STEROID;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INGESTION; INTERVIEW; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; MILK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DIET; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BRAZIL; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CAUSTICS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036908322     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.2002.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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