Citation

Strauss RH, Thompson JE, Macasaet A. Pediatr. Emerg. Care 1997; 13(5): 345-346.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, La Crosse, WI 54601, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9368251

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To describe a child who was asphyxiated by a motor vehicle window and to review the relevant literature. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: A 402-bed tertiary care medical center in La Crosse, WI. PATIENT: Four-year-old girl. INTERVENTIONS: Supportive pediatric critical care. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: None. RESULTS: The patient did not survive. CONCLUSIONS: Parents must assume responsibility for restraining their children in motor vehicles. Parents must not leave children alone in motor vehicles. Parents must become"more injury literate."

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