Clinical evaluation and management of caustic injury in the upper gastrointestinal tract in 95 adult patients in an urban medical center

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1119-1125

  Tohda, Gen ^a   Sugawa, Choichi ^a   Gayer, Christopher ^a   Chino, Akiko ^a   McGuire, Timothy W ^a   Lucas, Charles E ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult population; Caustic injury; Clinical outcome; Endoscopy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; AMMONIA; BLEACHING AGENT; DETERGENT; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; PHOSPHORIC ACID; SULFURIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGESTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT CAUSTIC INJURY; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS, CHEMICAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 42149095922     PISSN: 09302794     EISSN: 14322218     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00464-007-9620-2     Document Type: Article

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