Acute management of caustic injury patient in low-resource settings.
Int J Surg Case Rep 2022;
92:106871. [PMID:
35231743 PMCID:
PMC8886029 DOI:
10.1016/j.ijscr.2022.106871]
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Abstract
Background
Case presentation
Discussion
Conclusion
Endoscopy is the main choice of handling caustic ingestion.
Do not place a nasogastric tube on the caustic ingestion before endoscopy.
Surgery is considered when x-ray results show damaged abdominal and chest.
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