• Annales de pédiatrie · Sep 1991

    Case Reports

    [Hypothermia helps in the drowned child. Report of a case].

    • J P Estebe, L Kabura, M Miorcec de Kerdanet, P Betremieux, and Y Malledant.
    • Département d'Anesthésie-Réanimation Chirurgicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Pontchaillou, Rennes.
    • Ann Pediatr (Paris). 1991 Sep 1;38(7):476-8.

    AbstractNear-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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