Efficacy of early noninvasive ventilation in three cases of nonfatal drowning with pulmonary oedema in the paediatric emergency department.
HONG KONG JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, vol.23, no.2, pp.42-46, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- 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.