RT Book, Section
A1 Bono, Michael J.
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Cline, David M.
A2 Thomas, Stephen H.
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ID 1166533659
T1 Esophageal Emergencies
T2 Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 9e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260019933
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166533659
RD 2024/04/24
AB The  complaints  of  dysphagia,  odynophagia,  and  foreign  body  sensation  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.  Esophageal  foreign  body  and  esophageal  perforation  demand  the  attention  of  the  emergency  physician,  but  many  diseases  of  the  esophagus  can  be  evaluated  over  time  in  an  outpatient  setting.