Surfactant replacement therapy in a pediatric near-drowning case in manure.

Abstract

Drowning is defined as suffocation by submersion especially in water and is a leading cause of injury-related death in children. Age groups at greatest risk are toddlers and male adolescents. It is the second most common cause of accidental death in children after road accidents. Treatment consists of resuscitation and stabilization. The use of surfactant after near-drowning in water is reported in the literature in few case reports.We report here a boy whose condition did not get better with conventional treatment, but dramatically improved after surfactant treatment after near-drowning in a fluid with manure.

• Authors: Meltem Ugras, Ozlem Guraksin, Tolga Altug Sen, Adnan Narci, Faruk Alpay
• Journal: Pediatric emergency care (Pediatr Emerg Care) Vol. 28 Issue 9 Pg. 913-4 (Sep 2012) ISSN: 1535-1815 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 22940891 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Manure
• Pulmonary Surfactants

Topics

• Adolescent
• Humans
• Male
• Manure
• Near Drowning (therapy)
• Pulmonary Surfactants (therapeutic use)