Initial Signs and Symptoms as Prognostic Indicators of Severe Gastrointestinal Tract Injury Due to Corrosive Ingestion

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 349-353

  Havanond, Chittinad ^a   Havanond, Piyalamporn ^b  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

caustic ingestion; Corrosive ingestion; endoscope; predicting factors; upper gastrointestinal injury

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALKALI; BENZALKONIUM; DETERGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEEK MUCOSA; CHILD; CORROSION; DEATH; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUODENUM; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; INGESTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHARYNX; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH ANTRUM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CAUSTICS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 36549063704     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2007.02.062     Document Type: Article

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