Role of RDW in Prediction of Burn after Caustic Substance Ingestion

• Main Authors: Emrah Aydin (Author), Omer Faruk Beser (Author), Soner Sazak (Author), Ensar Duras (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: MDPI AG, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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A quantifiable, quick, inexpensive and reproducible predictor is needed to decide if caustic substance ingestion results in burn regardless of the symptoms. A multicenter cohort study was conducted to investigate the predictive value of red cell distribution width (RDW) in detecting the esophageal b...