Severity of Oral Mucositis in Children following Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy and Its Implications at a Single Oncology Centre in Durango State, Mexico

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:6.85em"/><col style="width:21.34em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Grade</td><td class="align_center">Description</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">0</td><td class="align_center">No changes</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">1</td><td class="align_center">Soreness/erythema</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">2</td><td class="align_center">Soreness/erythema + ulceration + ability to eat solid foods</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">3</td><td class="align_center">Soreness/erythema + ulceration + ability to use a liquid diet only</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">4</td><td class="align_center">Soreness/erythema + ulceration + no possible oral alimentation</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>The World Health Organization grades of oral mucositis [<a href="/journals/ijpedi/2018/3252765/#B14" target="_blank">14</a>].</div>

International Journal of Pediatrics

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Table 1: Severity of Oral Mucositis in Children following Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy and Its Implications at a Single Oncology Centre in Durango State, Mexico 

Table 1 | Severity of Oral Mucositis in Children following Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy and Its Implications at a Single Oncology Centre in Durango State, Mexico 