Ingestion of Caustic Substances

N Engl J Med. 2020 Apr 30;382(18):1739-1748. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra1810769.

Authors

Robert S Hoffman¹, Michele M Burns¹, Sophie Gosselin¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Division of Medical Toxicology, Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York (R.S.H.); the Division of Emergency Medicine, Program in Medical Toxicology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (M.M.B.); and Centre Intégré de Santé et de Services Sociaux (CISSS) Montérégie-Centre Emergency Department, Hôpital Charles-Lemoyne, Greenfield Park, QC, the Department of Emergency Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, and Centre Antipoison du Québec, Quebec, QC - all in Canada (S.G.).

PMID: 32348645
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1810769

No abstract available

Publication types

Historical Article
Review

MeSH terms

Acids / adverse effects
Adult
Alkalies / adverse effects
Burns, Chemical / diagnosis
Burns, Chemical / etiology
Burns, Chemical / therapy*
Caustics / history
Caustics / poisoning*
Child
Endoscopy, Digestive System
Esophageal Perforation / chemically induced
Esophageal Perforation / diagnosis*
Esophageal Stenosis / chemically induced*
Esophageal Stenosis / diagnosis
Esophageal Stenosis / therapy
Esophagus / diagnostic imaging
Glucocorticoids / therapeutic use*
Government Regulation / history
History, 20th Century
Humans
Mitomycin / therapeutic use
Poisoning / epidemiology
Product Labeling / history
Product Labeling / legislation & jurisprudence
Sucralfate / therapeutic use
United States / epidemiology

Substances

Acids
Alkalies
Caustics
Glucocorticoids
Mitomycin
Sucralfate