A new perspective of the risk of caustic substance ingestion: the outcomes of 468 patients in one North Taiwan medical center within 20 years - Chen YJ, Seak CJ, Kang SC, Chen TH, Chen CC, Ng CJ, Lee CW, Su MY, Huang HC, Chen PC, Ooyang CH, Hsieh SY, Cheng HT.

INTRODUCTION: Caustic substance ingestion is frequently life-threatening, and its pathological mechanisms of tissue damage are well documented. However, few studies have assessed the combined effects of pH and the ingested dose on patient outcomes. Additio...
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