Unusual presentation and complication of caustic ingestion. Case report

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-112

  Lionte, Cǎtǎlina ^a   Şorodoc, Laurenţiu ^a   Petriş, Ovidiu Rusalim ^a   Şorodoc, Victoriţa ^a  

^a GRIGORE T POPA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Caustic soda; Caustic stenosis; Necrotizing esophagitis; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANALGESIC AGENT; CAUSTIC AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EDEMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INGESTION; INTOXICATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; LIQUEFACTION; NECROTIZING ESOPHAGITIS; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TRACHEOTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; VOCAL CORD DISORDER;

EID: 34047245083     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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