[ study of clinical trend and effects of caustic ingestion based on endoscopy of children referring to Loghman Hakim hospital]

ABSTRACT

Background: One of the prevalent causes of injury to the esophagus and stomach in children is caustic ingestion. Most of the cases of alkaline or acidic ingestion in children occur accidentally. Acute and chronic complications of caustic ingestion in children are severe and occasionally life-threatening. This study was conducted on children with caustic ingestion accepted as in-patients during 2002-2004 in Loghman Hakim Hospital