Therapeutic bronchoscopy in a child with sand aspiration and respiratory failure from near drowning--case report and literature review.
Pediatr Pulmonol
; 44(10): 1043-7, 2009 Oct.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19746438
ABSTRACT
Foreign matter aspiration occurs relatively commonly in drowning and near-drowning events. In most cases, stomach contents are aspirated. Sand aspiration rarely occurs and there are no reported cases in children with near drowning. Limited data are available on clinical presentation and management of sand aspiration with accidental burial. We report a 3-year-old boy who nearly drowned while swimming in brackish waters and was found face down in sand. Sand aspiration was suspected when the child continued to have persistent wheezing and high ventilatory requirement despite intensive bronchodilator and corticosteroids therapy with an inability to wean after 4 days post-near-drowning event. Radiology was non-specific in the absence of sand bronchogram. Presence of sand in the airways was confirmed when a bronchoscopy was undertaken and sand seen in the bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Sequential lung washing followed by exogenous surfactant administration (3 ml/kg) was undertaken and lead to significant improvement such that within 12 hr post-therapeutic lavage, his ventilatory requirements reduced substantially. The child was extubated 4 days post-lavage and on review 2 months post-event, was clinically well with airway resistance within normal predicted values measured on forced oscillatory spirometry (IOS).
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Collection:
01-internacional
Health context:
2_ODS3
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6_ODS3_enfermedades_notrasmisibles
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7_ODS3_muertes_prevenibles_nacidos_ninos
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Respiratory Insufficiency
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Bronchi
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Bronchoscopy
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Near Drowning
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Foreign Bodies
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Child, preschool
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Pediatr Pulmonol
Year:
2009
Document type:
Article