Caustic ingestion management: world society of emergency surgery preliminary survey of expert opinion

Caustic material ingestion injuries (CMI) are uncommon. Only 5,000 cases are reported in the United States each year and most acute care healthcare facilities admit only a few cases annually. Accordingly, no single institution can claim extensive experience, and management protocols are most probabl...

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Autores principales: Kluger, Yoram, Ishay, Ofir Ben, Sartelli, Massimo, Katz, Amit, Ansaloni, Luca, Gomez, Carlos Augusto, Biffl, Walter, Catena, Fausto, Fraga, Gustavo P., Di Saverio, Salomone, Goran, Augustin, Ghnnam, Wagih, Kashuk, Jeffry, Leppäniemi, Ari, Marwah, Sanjay, Moore, Ernest E., Bala, Miklosh, Massalou, Damien, Mircea, Chirica, Bonavina, Luigi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4609064/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26478740
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13017-015-0043-4
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Sumario:Caustic material ingestion injuries (CMI) are uncommon. Only 5,000 cases are reported in the United States each year and most acute care healthcare facilities admit only a few cases annually. Accordingly, no single institution can claim extensive experience, and management protocols are most probably based on either expert opinion or literature reports. In this study, we will attempt to review opinions and practices of representatives of the board members of the World Society of Emergency Surgery and compare them to the current literature.

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