Clinical Utility of ‘Med-Tu Chart’ for the assessment of severity of corrosive ingestion: A prospective observational study
Endoscopy remains the gold standard investigation for assessing the severity of corrosive digestive injuries. Our prospective observational study aimed to validate the 'Med-Tu chart' for the evaluation of corrosive injury, where endoscopy is not available, and found it to have an acceptable diagnostic accuracy in detecting the severity of corrosive ingestion.
Authors
- Yogesh Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9836-2737)
- Uday Shamrao Kumbhar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3365-082X)
- Oseen Shaikh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8183-6840)
- K.T. Harichandrakumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8946-763X)
- Chellappa Vijayakumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4162-7008)
Institutions
- Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Tropical Doctor
- Published
- 2025-11-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/00494755251395926
- Primary Topic
- Esophageal and GI Pathology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00