The role of age in predicting the outcome of caustic ingestion in adults: A retrospective analysis

BMC Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chang, Jui Min ^a,b   Liu, Nai Jen ^a,b   Pai, Betty C ^a,b   Liu, Yun Hen ^a,b   Tsai, Ming Hung ^a,b   Lee, Ching Song ^a,b   Chu, Yin Yi ^a,c   Lin, Chih Chuan ^a,b   Chiu, Cheng Tang ^a,b   Cheng, Hao Tsai ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSTIC INGESTION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TIME OF DEATH; CHEMICAL BURN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH MUCOSA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

CAUSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CAUSTICS; EATING; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958291223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471230X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-11-72     Document Type: Article

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