Revista de gastroenterología del Perú : órgano oficial de la Sociedad de Gastroenterología del Perú
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Rev Gastroenterol Peru · Apr 2003
Review[Clinical-epidemiological characteristics in caustics ingestion patients in the Hipólito Unanue National Hospital].
The ingestion of caustic substances represents a serious problem, often with devastating consequences on the esophagus and the stomach. ⋯ Adolescents and young adults are the age groups which most suffer of this pathology. Bleach is the most ingested caustic substance (66.7%). Women have a higher risk of ingesting a caustic substance (64.4%). Caustic substances are mostly ingested pure (64.4%). Conjugal conflicts are the main reason for caustic ingestion. Clinical symptoms vary, with abdominal pain being the main discomfort among these patients. Oropharyngeal congestion is the most frequent finding. Esophageal-gastric mucose edema and hyperemia (Zargar 1) are the endoscopic lesions mostly found.
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Rev Gastroenterol Peru · Jan 2001
Review[Acalculous acute cholecystitis during the course of typhoid fever in children].
Determine the treatment of the acalculous acute cholecystitis during the course of typhoid fever in children. ⋯ Acute cholecystitis is not a common entity in children, and rare complication in the course of the typhoid fever. The surgical decision is primary in almost all the patients, for the risk of vesicular perforation and the possibility they become healthy carriers. Those patients who were not able to have a surgical treatment, were recommended to have medical treatment and ultrasonographic follow-up.
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Rev Gastroenterol Peru · Sep 1995
Review Case Reports[Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection syndrome in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection: report of a case and review of the literature].
A case of a twenty-one year old woman with Strongyloides stercoralis hyperinfection associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection that represents the fifteen case reported in the literature is here presented. Hypothesis for which this association is infrequent and several therapeutic alternatives are reviewed.
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Rev Gastroenterol Peru · Jan 1995
Review Comparative Study[Intra-abdominal sepsis: surgical management].
Intraabdominal sepsis is a frequent clinical disorder in inpatients with severe consequences as septic shock and multisystem organic failure. It starts with the presence of germs or toxins from the abdominal cavity either intra or retroperitoneal. Pathophysiology is not yet totally understood. ⋯ Treatment is based in the administration of antibiotics, nutritional support, ventilatory and hemodynamic aids. The keystone of the management is surgery. This review details the main technics and strategies of the surgeon in the operative room.