Ingestion of Caustic Substances

  • Hoffman, Robert S. M.D.
  • Burns, Michele M. M.D., M.P.H.
  • Gosselin, Sophie M.D.

  • From the Division of Medical Toxicology, Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York (R.S.H.); the Division of Emergency Medicine, Program in Medical Toxicology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (M.M.B.); and Centre Intégré de Santé et de Services Sociaux (CISSS) Montérégie-Centre Emergency Department, Hôpital Charles-Lemoyne, Greenfield Park, QC, the Department of Emergency Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, and Centre Antipoison du Québec, Quebec, QC — all in Canada (S.G.).

Dan L. Longo, M.D., Editor

Address reprint requests to Dr. Hoffman at 455 First Ave., Rm. 123, New York, NY 10016, or at [email protected].

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New England Journal of Medicine 382(18):p 1739-1748, April 30, 2020. | DOI: 10.1056/NEJMra1810769

Ingestion of Caustic Substances

  • Degrandi, Colette M.D.
  • Kupferschmidt, Hugo M.D.
  • Weiler, Stefan M.D., Ph.D.
New England Journal of Medicine 383(6):p 599-600, August 6, 2020. | DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2019467
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