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Delayed Upper-Airway Injury after Accidental Alkaline Ingestion
Joint Authors
Fernandez, Mindy
Ryan, Matthew F.
Laauwe, Karen
Source
Case Reports in Emergency Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-06-09
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A 62-year-old man presented to the emergency department one week after accidentally drinking an alkaline cleaning agent stored in unlabeled bottle.
The day of the incident the patient presented to an outside hospital where he was admitted for an upper endoscopy of the esophagus which was found to be negative for acute injury.
An initial chest X-ray taken the day of the incident was also found to be normal.
After discharge the patient continued to have a sore throat and marked dysphagia which caused him to vomit repeatedly.
Moreover, the patient began to develop chest pain with associated shortness of breath.
We present a case of delayed airway injury and tracheal thickening and associated chest pain after alkaline ingestion and we discuss herein the pathophysiology and management of alkaline ingestions.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ryan, Matthew F.& Fernandez, Mindy& Laauwe, Karen. 2014. Delayed Upper-Airway Injury after Accidental Alkaline Ingestion. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-476770
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ryan, Matthew F.…[et al.]. Delayed Upper-Airway Injury after Accidental Alkaline Ingestion. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-476770
American Medical Association (AMA)
Ryan, Matthew F.& Fernandez, Mindy& Laauwe, Karen. Delayed Upper-Airway Injury after Accidental Alkaline Ingestion. Case Reports in Emergency Medicine. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-476770
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-476770