title: [Our experience with caustic substance ingestion in children].
abstract: We discuss the protocol followed in our Service for the diagnose, treatment and follow-up of patients younger than seven years old, diagnosed as "caustic substance ingestion". We report on 157 cases seen from 1987 to 1991, from which 14 showed severe oesophageal burnings which required further oesophageal dilatation with general or local anesthesia. The usefulness of pH-metry in this patients is also analyzed. The relatively mild degree of abrasiveness produced by bleach is also described, despite being the most frequent caustic agent in our group of patients. The usefulness of the different techniques applied for the treatment and follow-up of this patients is also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de ORL, Hospital General d'Alacant (SVS).
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Paredes Osado
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Gras Albert
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Crespo Marco
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mira Navarro
mesh_terms: D002057:Burns, Chemical / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002424:Caustics / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004106:Dilatation; D004940:Esophageal Stenosis / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D002424:Caustics
vernacular_title: Nuestra experiencia en la ingesta de cáusticos en los niños.