Accidental strangulation by a motor vehicle window.
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."
Strauss
R H
RH
Department of Pediatrics, Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, La Crosse, WI 54601, USA.
Thompson
J E
JE
Macasaet
A
A
D000056:Accident Prevention; D000059:Accidents; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000209:etiology*; D001336:Automobiles; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant