Ingestion of caustic substances: A 15-year experience

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1422-1426

  Arévalo Silva, Carlos ^a   Eliashar, Ron ^a   Wohlgelernter, Jay ^a   Elidan, Josef ^a   Gross, Menachem ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Caustic substance; Corrosive agent; Endoscopy; Esophagus; Gastrointestinal tract; Ingestion

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACID; ALKALI; CAUSTIC AGENT; CHLORINE;

ACCIDENT; ARAB; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ETHNOLOGY; EXPERIENCE; GENDER; HUMAN; INGESTION; INJURY; LIFE EVENT; MEDICAL RECORD; PARAMETER; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEASON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ACCIDENTS; ACETIC ACID; ACIDS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALKALIES; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CAUSTICS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33746783014     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000225376.83670.4d     Document Type: Review

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