title: [The emergency treatment of a recent burn of the oesophagus (author's transl)].
abstract: The emergency treatment of an oesophageal burn consist of: -- avoidance of a certain number of measures which may be considered to be dangerous or useless: gastric lavage, emetic agents, neutralising agents or oesophageal antacids; -- the treatment of shock and of oesophageal and gastric complications, in cases of massive ingestion in which the prognosis may be improved only by active, thorough and prolonged intensive therapy; -- attempting to prevent the development of subsequent stenosis following massive ingestions. The majority of authors are in agreement concerning the usefulness of early assessment by oesophagoscopy. There exists a certain amount of discord concerning the use of a calibrating oesophageal tube and the usefulness of corticosteroid therapy.
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D004630:Emergencies; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D004939:Esophageal Perforation / Q000175:diagnosis; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D012774:Shock, Traumatic / Q000628:therapy; D013270:Stomach / Q000293:injuries; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Traitement d'urgence d'une brûlure récente de l'oesophage.