Research Article. Adv Res Gastroentero Hepatol, ;15 4 : DOI: Its severity is related to the risk of death and digestive functional sequelae. Common in children, following accidental ingestion, many studies have been devoted to it in the pediatric environment.
However, data on adult populations are rare in our context. The aim of this work was to describe the profile of patients hospitalized for caustic ingestion, the context of occurrence, the endoscopic lesions observed, their evolution and their therapeutic modalities. The records of patients over 15 years old, hospitalized for caustic ingestion were collected. The age, sex, circumstances of occurrence, nature of the caustic, consultation and endoscopy time, endoscopic lesions and their therapeutic modalities were studied.
Results: Of the patients hospitalized during the study period, 25 were admitted for ingestion of digestive caustic products, corresponding to a prevalence of 0. Three records were not searched. The following data were obtained from the analysis of 22 records. The mean age was Ingestion of the caustic was voluntary in 16 cases 11 women. The main motivations for the women were family conflicts. Caustic soda was the product most often incriminated. The average quantities of caustic ingested were respectively cc and cc depending on whether the ingestion was accidental or voluntary.
The median consultation time was 5 hours 30mind and the median endoscopy time was 48 hours 16hd. The main acute esophageal lesions objectified were grade IIB At the gastric level, grade I and IIa lesions were present in Control endoscopy revealed esophageal or gastric stenosis in 8 cases Therapeutically, a total diet was instituted in all patients.
The average duration of the diet was 15 days 2 days - 21 days. Parenteral nutrition was introduced in 5 patients PPI therapy and rehydration were the standard treatment in all patients. Eight patients received endoscopic esophageal dilations. The mean number of dilation sessions was 4 range: Gastroentero anastomosis was performed in 2 patients.
