Corrosive ingestion in adults

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-124

  Ramasamy, Kovil ^b   Gumaste, Vivek V ^a  

^a Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Corrosives; Lye ingestion; Sodium hydroxide

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALKALI; CAFFEIC ACID PHENETHYL ESTER; CORTICOSTEROID; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; HEPARIN; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SUCRALFATE;

CAUSTIC BURN; DEATH; ESOPHAGUS BURN; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INGESTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH INJURY; STOMACH LAVAGE;

ADULT; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CAUSTICS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; HUMANS; IRRIGATION;

EID: 0038721315     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200308000-00005     Document Type: Review

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