A standardised protocol for the acute management of corrosive ingestion in children

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 20, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 824-828

  Baskin, Didem ^a   Urganci, Nafiye ^b   Abbasoǧlu, Latif ^b   Alkim, Canan ^b   Yalçin, Mehmet ^b   Karadaǧ, Çetin ^b   Sever, Nihat ^b  

^a Sisli Etfal Educ and Res Hosp ^*  (Turkey)

^b SISLI ETFAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Caustic burns; Corrosive ingestion; Oesophagus; Stricture

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; RANITIDINE; STEROID; WATER;

ARTICLE; BARIUM MEAL; CAUSTIC BURN; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BURN; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA; SWALLOWING;

BURNS, CHEMICAL; CAUSTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOUTH MUCOSA;

EID: 13444251183     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-004-1294-4     Document Type: Article

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