A Nationwide Population-Based Study of Corrosive Ingestion in Taiwan: Incidence, Gender Differences, and Mortality

Table 2

Comorbidities and complications for corrosive injury patients, = 16,001.

Variables	(%)
Comorbidities
Malignant neoplasms	136 (0.8)
Trachea, bronchus, and lung	38 (0.2)
Liver, primary	45 (0.3)
Hepatic flexure colon	24 (0.1)
Female breast	14 (0.1)
Upper lip, tongue, gum, mouth, palate, tonsil, hypopharynx, lip, oral cavity, and pharynx	15 (0.1)
Chronic disease	1910 (11.9)
Cerebrovascular disease	209 (1.3)
Diabetes	1062 (6.6)
Chronic lower respiratory disease	144 (0.9)
Liver cirrhosis	337 (2.1)
Chronic renal failure	339 (2.1)
Psychiatric disorder	3687 (23.0)
Depressive disorder	1952 (12.2)
Generalized anxiety disorder	188 (1.2)
Depression and anxiety	46 (0.3)
Other psychiatric disorders	1501 (9.4)
Complications
Systemic complications
Aspiration pneumonia	628 (3.9)
Respiratory failure	955 (6.0)
DIC	29 (0.2)
Septicemia	22 (0.1)
Acute renal failure	211 (1.3)
GI complications
GI bleeding	234 (1.5)
GI perforation	69 (0.4)
Bleeding and perforation	6 (0.0)
Corrosive esophagitis	616 (3.8)
Peritonitis	156 (1.0)
Fistula	85 (0.5)
Esophageal stricture and stenosis	209 (1.3)

GI: gastrointestinal.