Citation

Gerber N, Iyer S, Parra DM, Legano L, Tunik M. Pediatr. Emerg. Care 2020; 36(7): 397-398.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/PEC.0000000000002159

PMID

32618904

Abstract

Abusive suffocation with foreign bodies is an uncommon form of child abuse. We present the case of a 2-month-old infant with colic who was forcibly suffocated with a baby wipe by a female babysitter. He presented to the emergency department in respiratory distress, and the foreign body was removed in the operating room by otorhinolaryngology. He was found to have intraoral lacerations and a left diaphyseal humeral fracture. To our knowledge, there is only 1 other collection of case reports of abusive suffocation with baby wipes. This case highlights the importance of considering abuse in cases of oral injury and foreign body aspiration in pediatric patients.

Language: en