Description
Caustic Ingestion
Extent Of injury by caustic agents determined by
• Duration ot tissue contact
• Ability of substance to penetrate tissues
• Volume
• pH
• Concentration
Clinical
GI tract
• Severe pain of lips, mouth, throat, chest, abdomen
• Drooling, dysphagia, odynophagia
• Vomiting, hematemesis
Respiratory tract
• Hoarseness, stridor
• Epiglottitis, laryngeal edema and ulceration
• pneumonitis, Impaired gas exchange
Eyes
• pain, tearing, irritation
• Clouding of cornea, decreased vision Skin
• Dribble marks on tie face, chest, and legs
• First, second, or third degree burns
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