title: [Hypothermia helps in the drowned child. Report of a case].
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.
authors.affiliation: Département d'Anesthésie-Réanimation Chirurgicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Pontchaillou, Rennes.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Estebe
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kabura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miorcec de Kerdanet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Betremieux
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Malledant
mesh_terms: D001831:Body Temperature; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004630:Emergencies; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007035:Hypothermia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D015701:Near Drowning / Q000150:complications*
vernacular_title: L'hypothermie au secours de l'enfant noyé. A propos d'un cas.