Corrosive Injury of the Esophagus in Children

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Abstract
According to the American Association of Poison Control Centers, in 1988 poisoning in children under six years old made up 62 percent of all reported poisonings, was more common in boys than in girls, was usually accidental, and was often asymptomatic or only mildly symptomatic.1 If one extrapolates from the figure of 155 million people served by reporting centers, there are more than 2 million human poisonings in the United States yearly, of which 1.2 million occur in children under six years of age.1 Ingestions in children often involve nonpharmaceutical agents, especially household products such as corrosive agents. Approximately 17,000 . . .