Accidental strangulation by a motor vehicle window.
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OBJECTIVE To describe a child who was asphyxiated by a motor vehicle window and to review the relevant literature. DESIGN Case report. SETTING A 402-bed tertiary care medical center in La Crosse, WI. PATIENT Four-year-old girl. INTERVENTIONS Supportive pediatric critical care. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES 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."
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Pediatric emergency care
دوره 13 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997