Title
Use of corticosteroids in esophagitis caustic ingestion. Report of two cases
Other title
Uso de corticoides sistémicos en esofagitis caustica. Reporte de dos casos
Date Issued
01 July 2016
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Abstract
Exposure to potentially toxic substances represents 0.3% of annual visits to a pediatric emergency department, being a situation likely to be prevented and that generates a non-negligible morbidity and mortality. The most common route of exposure is the oral and drugs are the products most frequently involved. Esophagitis caustic ingestion of corrosive substances in childhood is now a public health problem in developing countries. Clinical manifestations vary from no injuries serious commitment to high risk of death observed more frequently in patients between one and three years old. In addition to drilling, the most severe complication of esophagitis is caustic stricture formation, which occurs at a frequency of 5% to 47% in severe cases. The role of systemic corticosteroids in preventing caustic esophageal stenosis is still considered controversial, despite the many published reports showing your benefit. We report two cases of pediatric patients with caustic esophagitis IIB Zargar who received systemic corticosteroids with favorable evolution.
Start page
256
End page
259
Volume
36
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Gastroenterología, Hepatología
Ciencias médicas, Ciencias de la salud
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85021308873
PubMed ID
Source
Revista de gastroenterologia del Peru : organo oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterologia del Peru
ISSN of the container
1609722X
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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