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Update on the diagnosis and treatment of caustic ingestion.

2009; National Institutes of Health; Linguagem: Inglês

Michael Lupa, Jacqueline M. Magne, J. Lindhe Guarisco, Ronald G. Amedee,

Foreign Body Medical Cases

Caustic ingestion is a serious medical problem with a variety of clinical presentations and a complicated clinical course. This article reviews the epidemiology and pathophysiology of caustic ingestion as well as the most current approaches to diagnosis and treatment. Finally, a recent case will be presented that highlights the difficulty this problem poses to a medical team.