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Objetivos: O presente estudo procura identificar a configuraçäo dos pacientes que ingeriram cáustico, de acordo com as variáveis sócio-demográficas, os motivos da ingestäo, a sintomatologia e o diagnóstico. Material e método: A coleta de dados foi feita através dos prontuários de 239 pacientes que ingeriram "soda cáustica". Resultados: Os resultados revelaram que a taxa de incidência de casos atendidos no hospital escoIa foi de 0,5/100.000 habitantes, havendo uma reduçäo de casos na década de 90. As pessoas do sexo feminino foram as o que mais ingeriram cáusticos, 56,9 por cent0 (153) e, quanto aos motivos de ingestäo, 59,8 por cento dos casos foram por tentativa de suicídio e 37,2 por cento, de forma acidental; havendo uma tendência para a diminuiçäo de ingestöes por tentativa de suicídio, na última década. A quantidade de cáustico ingerida variou de "fragmentos" até três colheres de sopa, sendo que entre os suicidas a quantidade tende a ser maior. Conclusäo: Os sintomas apresentados foram dor e vômito, além de sialorréia, disfagia, náuseas e lesöes na cavidade oral. A utilizaçäo dos sinais e sintomas, bem como a quantidade de "soda cáustica" sólida ingerida, parecem ser importantes indicadores do prognóstico e da evoluçäo das lesöes cáusticas. A esofagoscopia determina a severidade das queimaduras, estabelece o tipo de terapêutica a ser usada e estima o prognóstico e o tempo de internaçäo, nos casos de ingestäo de quantidades desconhecidas. O diagnóstico das complicaçöes se faz pelo estudo radiológico, incluindo tomografias, esofagoscopia, gastroscopia e exames laboratoriais
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Humans , Male , Female , Sodium Hydroxide/poisoning , Diagnosis , Incidence , Suicide, Attempted/statistics & numerical dataABSTRACT
La ingestión de cuerpos extraños es común durante la infancia. En los últimos años el hombre ha creado una amplia variedad de artículos operados por pilas de disco o minibaterías, las que en general, son fáciles de remover y, por lo tanto, accesibles al niño que accidentalmente o por curiosidad puede ingerirla. La ingestión de baterías se ha constituido en un problema de salud de elevada morbilidad. Así por ejemple en USA se informa cada año un número superior a 2.500 ingestiones, las que se incrementan anualmente en un 25 por ciento, ocurriendo el 90 por ciento en menores de 5 años con predominio leve del sexo masculino
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Humans , Male , Female , Infant , Child, Preschool , Foreign Bodies/complications , Sodium Hydroxide/poisoningABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: There are few studies of esophageal function subsequent to the ingestion of lye. We investigated the esophageal motility of patients who had ingested liquid sodium hydroxide. METHODS: Esophageal manometry was performed on 21 patients who [1-53 yr before the manometric examination (median: 13 yr)] had drunk 10-30 g of sodium hydroxide diluted in water. The results were compared with those obtained for a control group of 22 healthy volunteers. RESULTS: The lower esophageal sphincter (LES) pressure of the caustic group (14.9 +/- 1.7 mm Hg, mean +/- SE) did not differ (p > 0.05) from that of the control group (17.4 +/- 1.1 mm Hg). LES pressure in eight patients was below 10 mm Hg. The amplitude of contraction was lower (p < 0.01) in the caustic group than in the control group. In the proximal part of the esophageal body, the duration of contraction was longer (p < 0.01) in the caustic group (2.3 +/- 0.1 s) than in controls (1.8 +/- 0.1 s). Nonperistaltic contraction was a finding in 14 patients, repetitive in five of them. The velocity of peristaltic contractions was higher (p < 0.05) in the caustic group (distal: 3.2 +/- 0.2 cm/s) than in the control group (2.2 +/- 0.2 cm/s). Although there was some impairment of esophageal motor function in 71% of the patients, they were asymptomatic when we performed esophageal manometry. CONCLUSIONS: Esophageal motility impairment was present in most of the patients who ingested sodium hydroxide. Nonperistaltic contractions of low amplitude were found most frequently.
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Burns, Chemical/physiopathology , Esophageal Stenosis/physiopathology , Esophagus/physiopathology , Accidents , Adolescent , Adult , Burns, Chemical/complications , Child , Child, Preschool , Esophageal Stenosis/chemically induced , Female , Humans , Infant , Male , Manometry/instrumentation , Manometry/methods , Middle Aged , Peristalsis/drug effects , Poisoning/physiopathology , Sodium Hydroxide/poisoning , Suicide, AttemptedABSTRACT
Colon interposition for benign esophageal disease has so many complications among them stricture and anastomotic leak are the most common. Three patients with esphagocolonic stricture due to colon interposition have been successfully treated by sternotomy after being submitted to endoscopic balloon dilatation. Sternotomy would seen a safe and reliable method for treating anastomotic stricture in patients with recurrent stenosis after esophagocolonic anastomosis due to extrinsic compression.