Caustic ingestion in children: is endoscopy always indicated? The results of an Italian multicenter observational study

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 434-439

  Betalli, Pietro ^a   Falchetti, Diego ^a   Giuliani, Stefano ^a   Pane, Alessandro ^a   Dall'Oglio, Luigi ^a   de' Angelis, Gian Luigi ^a   Caldore, Mariano ^a   Romano, Claudio ^a   Gamba, Piergiorgio ^a   Baldo, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH LESION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; VOMITING;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CAUSTICS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; ITALY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATION; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 50149096672     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.02.016     Document Type: Article

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