title: Accidental strangulation by a motor vehicle window.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a child who was asphyxiated by a motor vehicle window and to review the relevant literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 402-bed tertiary care medical center in La Crosse, WI.
  
  
  METHODS
  Four-year-old girl.
  
  
  METHODS
  Supportive pediatric critical care.
  
  
  METHODS
  None.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patient did not survive.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Parents must assume responsibility for restraining their children in motor vehicles. Parents must not leave children alone in motor vehicles. Parents must become "more injury literate."
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, La Crosse, WI 54601, USA.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Strauss
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Macasaet
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention; D000059:Accidents; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000209:etiology*; D001336:Automobiles; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant