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Original Article
Intercontinental comparison of caustic ingestion in children
Mandana Rafeey, Morteza Ghojazadeh, Amir Mehdizadeh, Hakimeh Hazrati, Leila Vahedi
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2015;58(12):491-500.   Published online December 22, 2015
Purpose

To investigate the caustic ingestion in children among different continents according to demographic characteristics (core purpose), main symptoms, common caustic agents, signs and symptoms, management, treatment and complications.

Methods

This systematic review was performed by searching the databases Science Direct, ProQuest, Google Scholar, and PubMed, electronically and manually. We included studies that were published from 1980 to 2013, at University of Medical...