Acute esophageal food impaction treated by gas-forming agents.
Impacted meat obstructing the esophagus was successfully treated in 8 patients by oral administration of tartaric acid and sodium bicarbonate. This acid-base mixture produces carbon dioxide, which distends the esophagus and propels the meat into the stomach. The authors have had a 100% success rate with no complications and recommend that this procedure be the first treatment attempted for meat impaction in the esophagus.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D017693:Sodium Bicarbonate; D013644:Tartrates / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D001639:Bicarbonates; D013644:Tartrates; D017693:Sodium Bicarbonate; C029768:tartaric acid