Therapeutic hypothermia brings favorable neurologic outcomes in children with near drowning

A 1-year-10-month-old boy was admitted to our pediatric intensive care unit due to near drowning with pulmonary edema. A conventional ventilator with 100% oxygen supplementation was used initially, but was shifted to high frequency oscillatory ventilation as his oxygen saturation was around 84–88%....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Chen, Ming-Chun, Chu, Chia-Hsiang, Cheng, Ching-Feng, Lin, Jun-Song, Chen, Jui-Hsia, Chang, Yu-Hsun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5442905/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28757754
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tcmj.2016.07.003
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Sumario:A 1-year-10-month-old boy was admitted to our pediatric intensive care unit due to near drowning with pulmonary edema. A conventional ventilator with 100% oxygen supplementation was used initially, but was shifted to high frequency oscillatory ventilation as his oxygen saturation was around 84–88%. Therapeutic hypothermia was applied due to hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy with severe acidosis. His respiratory condition improved and he was extubated successfully on the 6(th) hospital day. The patient had no obvious neurological defects and he was discharged in a stable condition after 17 days of hospitalization. Our case report demonstrates the advantages of therapeutic hypothermia on survival and neurological outcomes in treating pediatric near drowning patients.

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