title: Fatal infant nasal seawater spray instillation.
abstract: The use of seawater nasal spray is considered safe and sold as a non-prescription medicine. However, it is well known that nasal manipulations can provoke vagal reaction leading to acute life-threatening events. A case of fatal seawater nasal spray application in an infant is presented.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We do not consider the use of seawater nasal spray to be absolutely safe, especially among infants with disordered autonomic function.
authors.affiliation: Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Department of Paediatrics, Clinical Hospital Centre, Zagreb University School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia. mnovak@kbc-zagreb.hr
authors.forename: Milivoj
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Novak
authors.forename: Miran
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cvitkovic
authors.forename: Slobodan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Galic
authors.forename: Dalibor
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saric
authors.forename: Josip
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cadez
authors.forename: Dorotea
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dorcic
mesh_terms: D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007322:Instillation, Drug; D015508:Nasal Obstruction / Q000628:therapy*; D009330:Nebulizers and Vaporizers; D012623:Seawater / Q000009:adverse effects*