Citation

Estebe JP, Kabura L, Miorcec de Kerdanet M, Betrémieux P, Malledant Y. Ann. Pediatr. (Paris) 1991; 38(7): 476-478.

Vernacular Title

L'hypothermie au secours de l'enfant noye. A propos d'un cas.

Affiliation

Département d'Anesthésie-Réanimation Chirurgicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Pontchaillou, Rennes.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Societe Edition Assoc, Enseignement Med. Hop De Paris)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1952705

Abstract

Near-drowning is a leading cause of childhood mortality. Early induction of deep hypothermia has a protective effect on the brain, however. Favorable factors, most marked in early childhood, are both anatomic and physiologic. No parameter capable of predicting good neurologic recovery was identified by a review of the literature. Management rests on internal warming techniques and should be initiated immediately whenever apparent death occurs after exposure to cold. The case of a 29-month-old child who had complete cardiorespiratory arrest and a fall in body temperature to 22 degrees C after near-drowning and who made a full neurologic recovery is reported.

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