title: 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.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. meltemkorkut@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Meltem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ugras
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Guraksin
authors.forename: Tolga Altug
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.forename: Adnan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Narci
authors.forename: Faruk
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Alpay
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008372:Manure; D015701:Near Drowning / Q000628:therapy*; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D008372:Manure; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants