Caustic burns of the upper digestive and respiratory tracts
| Autor: | Francis Veyckemans, Marc Hamoir, P Vergauwen, G. Hanique, J P Buts, Didier Moulin |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Caustics Vomiting Chemical burn Lesion Esophagus Burns Chemical medicine Humans Respiratory system Child Respiratory distress business.industry Esophageal disease Incidence (epidemiology) Stomach Infant Prognosis medicine.disease Surgery El Niño Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Larynx medicine.symptom Respiratory Insufficiency business |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Pediatrics. 150:700-703 |
| ISSN: | 1432-1076 0340-6199 |
| Popis: | In a series of 51 children presenting with an accidental caustic burn, symptoms were analysed for their predictive value of significant i.e. necrotizing oesophageal lesions (grade II or III). For the whole group, the incidence of significant oesophageal lesions was 37%. Vomiting and/or respiratory distress were associated with high incidence of significant oesophageal burn (84% and 75% respectively). The particular location of each caustic burn was analysed for its association with caustic burns at other anatomical sites. Of the 18 patients with a laryngeal burn, 72% also had a grade II or III oesophageal burn. The 19 patients with a grade II or III oesophageal burn and the 18 patients with a laryngeal burn, all had lesions at other sites. In the group of 19 patients with a caustic lesion limited to one site, only 1 patient showed mild oesophagitis (grade I) without late sequelae. |
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