Citation

Chibishev A, Davceva N, Shikole E, Bozinovska C. Am. J. Emerg. Med. 2018; 36(10): 1904-1905.

Affiliation

University Clinic for Toxicology and Urgent Internal Medicine, Skopje, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; University "Ss. Cyril and Methodius", Medical Faculty, Skopje, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.ajem.2018.02.010

PMID

29459173

Abstract

We are presenting you with a follow-up of our previously published study pertaining to acute corrosive intoxications, based on data collected over a ten-year period. Despite the efforts to decrease the incidence of acute corrosive intoxications through educational activities, media platforms and information brochures about the health risks from the ingestion and abuse of corrosive agents, these poisonings are still a serious medical and social issue with high morbidity and mortality rates. Our study showed that the occurrence of these poisonings was higher in populations of lower socioeconomic and health status, among which there were higher rates of suicide attempts, greater risk for long-term invalidity and even death. In most cases, the fatal outcome occurred during the first 96h after the ingestion and was caused by esophageal or gastric perforation, laryngeal edema, or corrosive agent aspiration with tracheal necrosis, septic shock and multisystem organ failure [1,2]. All authors related to this manuscript do not have any financial or personal relationships that should be declared.

Language: en