[Ibero-Latinamerican Clinical Practical Guidelines on pediatric caustic esophagitis: Therapeutical aspects (Part 2)].

Caustic ingestion represents a serious social-medical problem due to the devastating and irreversible consequences it can produce in the upper digestive tract. In Ibero-America, there are no published reliable data on the incidence or prevalence of caustic-induced injuries, and most of the available information on clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis is based on retrospective clinical series and, indeed, its clinical management is often based primarily on expert opinion. Re cently as an initiative of the Latin American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (LASPGHAN) and with the cooperation of the Spanish Society for Pediatric Gastroente rology, Hepatology and Nutrition (SEGHNP), we have designed a Clinical Practice Guideline that include a series of statements and recommendations aimed at optimizing patient medical care which is based on the systematic review of evidence.

[Ibero-latinamerican clinical practical guidelines on pediatric caustic esophagitis: Physiopathology and clinical-endoscopic diagnosis (1st Part)].

Caustic ingestion represents a serious social-medical problem due to the devastating and irreversible consequences it can produce in the upper digestive tract. In Ibero-America, there are no published reliable data on the incidence or prevalence of caustic-induced injuries, and most of the available information on clinical presentation, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis is based on retrospective clinical series and, indeed, its clinical management is often based primarily on expert opinion. Re cently as an initiative of the Latin American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (LASPGHAN) and with the cooperation of the Spanish Society for Pediatric Gastroente rology, Hepatology and Nutrition (SEGHNP), we have designed a Clinical Practice Guideline that include a series of statements and recommendations aimed at optimizing patient medical care which is based on the systematic review of evidence.

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During the last twenty years Eosinophilic Esophagitis has become one the most important causes of esophageal disfunction in children, food impactation in adolescents and young adults, therapeutic failure in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and the most frecuent eosinophilic disease of the gastrointestinal tract. We present recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of the disease based in a systematic review of the literature.