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VOLUME 19 , ISSUE 12 ( 2015 ) > List of Articles

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Evaluation of 968 children with corrosive substance ingestion

Ibrahim Karaman, Orhan Koç, Ayşe Karaman, Derya Erdoõan, Yusuf Hakan Çavuşoõlu, Çaõatay Evrim Afşarlar, Engin Yilmaz, Ahmet Ertürk, Özlem Balci, Ismet Faruk Özgüner

Keywords : Caustic ingestion, corrosive ingestion, esophageal stricture, esophagoscopy

Citation Information : Karaman I, Koç O, Karaman A, Erdoõan D, Çavuşoõlu YH, Afşarlar ÇE, Yilmaz E, Ertürk A, Balci Ö, Özgüner IF. Evaluation of 968 children with corrosive substance ingestion. Indian J Crit Care Med 2015; 19 (12):714-718.

DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.171377

License: CC BY-ND 3.0

Published Online: 01-04-2013

Copyright Statement:  Copyright © 2015; The Author(s).


Abstract

Background and Aims: The aim of the study was to evaluate the etiology, treatment, and prognosis in children who had presented at our clinic with corrosive substance ingestion and comparison of our results with the literature. Materials and Methods: The patients were put on nil by mouth and broad-spectrum antibiotics were administered. Oral fluids were started for patients whose intraoral lesions resolved and who could swallow their saliva. Steroids were not given, a nasogastric catheter was not placed, and early endoscopy was not used. Results: A total of 968 children presented at our clinic for corrosive substance ingestion during the 22-year period. The stricture development rate was 13.5%. Alkali substance ingestion caused a stricture development rate of 23%. A total of 54 patients required 1-52 sessions (mean 15 ± 12) of dilatation. Conclusion: We do not perform early endoscopy, administer steroids, or place a nasogastric catheter at our clinic for patients who had ingested a corrosive substance. This approach has provided results similar to other series. We feel that determining the burn with early esophagoscopy when factors that prevent or decrease the development of corrosive strictures will be very important.


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