TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Alkalis and Acids A1 - Lewander, William J. A1 - Aleguas, Alfred A2 - Tenenbein, Milton A2 - Macias, Charles G. A2 - Sharieff, Ghazala Q. A2 - Yamamoto, Loren G. A2 - Schafermeyer, Robert PY - 2019 T2 - Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 5e AB - Asymptomatic children with a history of alkali or acid ingestion should be observed for a few hours and may be discharged from the emergency department if oral intake without discomfort is demonstrated.All symptomatic children should be admitted to hospital.Eye exposures require urgent and copious irrigation and referral to an ophthalmologist if injury is present. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/10 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1155749154 ER -