@article{article_526836, title={Assessment of Unavoidable Corrosive Substance Ingestion in Children}, journal={Middle Black Sea Journal of Health Science}, volume={5}, pages={6–10}, year={2019}, DOI={10.19127/mbsjohs.526836}, author={Yalçın, Onur and Aygün, Ali}, keywords={Child,corrosive substances,esophageal stricture}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <b> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:14px;" xml:lang="en-gb">Objective: </span> </b> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb"> <span style="font-size:14px;">
Corrosive substances are agents which ease our lives, but they can also make children’s’
lives completely difficult as a result of contact with gastrointestinal tract,
respiratory tract and skin. Examinations and treatments of patients
hospitalized in our clinic with the complaint of corrosive substance ingestion
were examined. </span> </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <b> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:14px;" xml:lang="en-gb">Methods: </span> </b> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb"> <span style="font-size:14px;">The records of 45 patients who were hospitalized in
our clinic between May 2017 and December 2018 were examined retrospectively. The
patients’ ages, genders, ingested corrosive substance, admission and discharge inflammatory
markers were examined according to diagnosis and treatment type. </span> </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <b> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:14px;" xml:lang="en-gb">Results: </span> </b> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:14px;" xml:lang="en-gb">Of the 45 cases, 24 (53,3%) were male, while 21
(46,7%) were female. The youngest case was 9 months old, the oldest case was
168 months and average age of the cases was 24,7 months. The substances the
cases were exposed to were bleacher in 20 patients (44,4%), dishwasher
detergent in 11 patients (24,4%), rinse aid in 5 patients (11,1%), drain cleaner
in 4 patients (8,9%), washing machine detergent in 3 patients (6,7%), decalcifier
in 1 patient (2,2%) and surface cleaner (sodium hypochlorite) in 1 patient (2,2%).
Endoscopy was performed on two patients with clinical symptoms who ingested
drain cleaner. Statistically significant difference was found between the
hospitalization and discharge white blood cell count </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb"> <span style="font-size:14px;">×10 </span> <sup> <span style="font-size:14px;">3 </span> </sup> <span style="font-size:14px;">/uL </span> </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:14px;" xml:lang="en-gb"> (WBC), </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb"> <span style="font-size:14px;">lymphocyte count×10 </span> <sup> <span style="font-size:14px;">3 </span> </sup> <span style="font-size:14px;">/Ul ( </span> </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:14px;" xml:lang="en-gb">LYM), </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb"> <span style="font-size:14px;">platelet count ×10 </span> <sup> <span style="font-size:14px;">3 </span> </sup> <span style="font-size:14px;">/uL </span> </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:14px;" xml:lang="en-gb">
(PLT), </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:14px;" xml:lang="en-gb">red blood
cell width </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:14px;" xml:lang="en-gb"> </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:14px;" xml:lang="en-gb">(RDW,%) </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:14px;" xml:lang="en-gb">, </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:14px;" xml:lang="en-gb">mean platelet volume (MPV) </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:14px;" xml:lang="en-gb">, </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:14px;" xml:lang="en-gb">neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (NLR) </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:14px;" xml:lang="en-gb">, </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:14px;" xml:lang="en-gb">platelet/lymphocyte ratio </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb"> <span style="font-size:14px;">(PLR)
values of the patients (p<0.05). </span> </span> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <span style="font-size:14px;"> </span> <span style="font-size:14px;"> </span> <span style="font-size:14px;"> </span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;"> <b> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:14px;" xml}, number={1}, publisher={Ordu University}