Overview of caustic ingestion cases at the Children’s Hospital of Vilnius University Hospital Santaros klinikos between 2011 and 2018

Background. Although not common, caustic ingestion can cause serious injury and sequelae. Clinical symptoms do not always represent the depth of lesions of the intestinal tract, which makes management of these patients difficult. Materials and methods. Between 2011 and 2018, we performed a retrospec...

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Main Authors: Airida Narkutė, Virginija Žilinskaitė
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 2020-04-01
Series:Acta Medica Lituanica
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Online Access:https://www.journals.vu.lt/AML/article/view/21249