Efficacy of early noninvasive ventilation in three cases of nonfatal drowning with pulmonary oedema in the paediatric emergency department.

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Çağlar A., Er A., Özden Ö., Karaarslan Ü. U., Akgül F., Köroğlu T. F., ...More

HONG KONG JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, vol.23, no.2, pp.42-46, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)

• Publication Type: Article / Case Report
• Volume: 23 Issue: 2
• Publication Date: 2016
• Doi Number: 10.1177/102490791602300
• Journal Name: HONG KONG JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
• Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
• Page Numbers: pp.42-46
• Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Drowning is still one of the most important causes of the preventable mortality worldwide. Some patients

should be treated with noninvasive ventilation immediately in the emergency department (ED). The practice

of noninvasive ventilation has been increased recently in the paediatric ED. We present here three nonfatal

drowning patients with pulmonary oedema and hypoxia who were successfully treated with noninvasive

ventilation in the paediatric emergency department. All of the patients had aspirated sea water during

swimming. In addition, two of the patients had aspirated water during snorkeling. Noninvasive ventilation

was applied to the patients immediately in paediatric emergency service. All of the patient's clinical and

radiological findings recovered rapidly. There are limited reports about use of noninvasive ventilation in

nonfatal drowning cases in the paediatric emergency department. We emphasize that the early application of

noninvasive ventilation should be a preventive method for reducing the morbidity of nonfatal drowning

cases.