RT Book, Section
A1 Mendelson, Moss
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Cline, David M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1132929701
T1 Esophageal Emergencies
T2 Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071794763
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1132929701
RD 2023/04/01
AB The  complaints  of  dysphagia,  odynophagia,  and  ingested  foreign  body  immediately  implicate  the  esophagus.  The  esophagus  also  is  often  the  site  of  pathology  in  patients  who  present  with  chest  pain,  upper  GI  bleeding  (see  chapter  75,  "Upper  Gastrointestinal  Bleeding"),  malignancy,  and  mediastinitis.  Many  diseases  of  the  esophagus  can  be  evaluated  over  time  in  an  outpatient  setting,  but  several,  such  as  esophageal  foreign  body  and  esophageal  perforation,  require  emergent  intervention.