Steroids in second degree caustic burns of the esophagus: A systematic pooled analysis of fifty years of human data: 1956-2006

Clinical Toxicology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 402-408

  Fulton, Jessica A ^a,b   Hoffman, Robert S ^a,b  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK CITY POISON CONTROL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Caustics; Esophagus; Steroids

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTISONE; DEXAMETHASONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PENICILLIN G; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

CAUSTIC BURN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS BURN; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; META ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEROIDS;

EID: 34248209074     PISSN: 15563650     EISSN: 15569519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15563650701285420     Document Type: Review

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