[Early mortality after ingestion of caustic substances].
The authors define the management of a patient following emergency admission for the ingestion of a caustic liquid: immediate assessment by fibroscope oesophagoscopy; avoidance of all corticosteroid therapy and of the insertion of a gastric tube; parenteral alimentation. The frequency of early deaths has considerably decreased since the applications of this method, either as a result of shock or of the inhalation of caustic liquid.
D002424:Caustics / Q000506:poisoning*; D003422:Critical Care; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D011041:Poisoning / Q000401:mortality
D002424:Caustics
La mortalité précoce après ingestion de produits caustiques.