Corrosive Ingestion

Raja Kalayarasan; Nilakantan Ananthakrishnan; Vikram Kate

doi:10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23305

Corrosive Ingestion

Indian J Crit Care Med. 2019 Dec;23(Suppl 4):S282-S286. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23305.

Authors

Raja Kalayarasan¹, Nilakantan Ananthakrishnan², Vikram Kate³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
² Department of General Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth, Puducherry, India.
³ Department of General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.

Abstract

Corrosive ingestion remains a common problem in developing countries, such as India due to the lack of strict laws that regulate the sale of caustics. While appropriate treatment of the acute phase can mitigate tissue damage improper management of the acute corrosive injury is widely prevalent due to the limited experience of the individual physicians in managing this condition. The aim of this review is to summarize the epidemiology and pathophysiology of corrosive ingestion, principles in the management of acute phase injury, long-term effects of caustic ingestion, and prevention of corrosive ingestion.

How to cite this article: Kalayarasan R, Ananthakrishnan N, Kate V. Corrosive Ingestion. Indian J Crit Care Med 2019;23(Suppl 4):S282-S286.

Keywords: Caustic injury; Corrosive; Esophageal stricture; Gastric stricture; Poisoning.