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2/2023
vol. 18
 
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Original paper

Ingestion of corrosive substances and the endoscopic role in assessing the severity of caustic injury

Natasha Simonovska
1
,
Vesna Velikj Stefanovska
2
,
Aleksandra Babulovska
1
,
Zanina Pereska
1
,
Irena Jurukov
1
,
Afrodita Berat-Huseini
1
,
Kristin Kostadinovski
1
,
Kiril Naumovski
1

  1. Clinical Centre, University Clinic for Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
  2. Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Medicine, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
Gastroenterology Rev 2023; 18 (2): 183–189
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pg.2023.129415
Online publish date: 2023/07/27
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Introduction
The ingestion of caustic substances into the upper gastrointestinal tract is an unusual but potentially life-threatening problem.

Aim
To evaluate the most commonly ingested corrosive substances, and the endoscopic findings, complications, and final outcomes of caustic intake.

Material and methods
This cross-sectional study included 220 inpatient participants with corrosive poisonings during a 3-year period (2017–2019). Data from the national patient electronic system “My term” and from the “Poisoning information centre” at the University Clinic for Toxicology, Skopje were used. Demographic characteristics, type of corrosive substance, endoscopic findings by Kikendall classification, emerging complications, fatal outcome, and hospitalization were analysed. Data obtained were analysed with the SPSS software package, version 22.0 for Windows.

Results
During the period 2017–2019, out of 220 hospitalized cases with corrosive substance intake, 132 (60%) were with ingestion of acids, 19 (8.6%) with bases, 32 (14.6%) with bleaches, and 37 (16.8%) with other household products (p = 0.3469). The mean age of patients was 49.89 ±19.86 years. The most severe endoscopy findings (high-grade injury) were significantly more often associated with acid and base ingestion (p = 0.00001). Out of all strictures, 25 (64.1%) were on one location (either oesophagus or stomach), and 12 (30.8%) were on 2 locations.

Conclusions
Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy is very important procedure for rapid assessment of severity of caustic injury, early appropriate therapy, as well as the potential development of strictures. The obtained data are very important for the development of a national program for the prevention of corrosive poisoning in our country. Introduction

keywords:

stricture, caustic injury, digestive endoscopy
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