Intercontinental comparison of caustic ingestion in children.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate the caustic ingestion in children among different continents according to demographic characteristics (core purpose), main symptoms, common caustic agents, signs and symptoms, management, treatment and complications.

Methods

This systematic review was performed by searching the databases Science Direct, ProQuest, Google Scholar, and PubMed, electronically and manually. We included studies that were published from 1980 to 2013, at University of Medical Sciences of Tabriz, Iran. A strategic search was performed with keywords including caustic, corrosive, ingestion and children, and was limited to articles in English and Persian. Statistical analysis was performed by SPSS ver. 18.

Results

Of 63 selected articles of caustic ingestion with 9,888 samp

SUBMITTER: Rafeey M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4705330 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature