Clinico-epidemiological Study of Caustic Substance Ingestion Accidents in Children in Anatolia: The DROOL Score as a New Prognostic Tool
ACTA CHIRURGICA BELGICA, cilt.112, sa.5, ss.346-354, 2012 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 112 Sayı: 5
- Basım Tarihi: 2012
- Doi Numarası: 10.1080/00015458.2012.11680850
- Dergi Adı: ACTA CHIRURGICA BELGICA
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.346-354
- Kütahya Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Background : To examine the clinico-epidemiological details of paediatric caustic substance ingestion (CSI) accidents in Turkey. To present the new DROOL Score (DS), which the authors developed based on the severity and duration of initial signs and symptoms (ISSs) to predict oesophageal stricture (OS) without endoscopy, and to present our management protocol based on immediate feeding, early detection, and oesophageal balloon dilatation (OBD) of OS with no barium study.