Vehicular Entrapment and Heat Stroke in Three children:Is it a Form of Child Neglect?
The medical records of three children who were entrapped inside vehicles are reviewed and their outcome following the incidents were assessed in this report. The children developed heat stroke following the incidents and survived after several days in coma but with severe cognitive functions impairm...
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| author | Roshan Koul Amna Al-Futaisi Muna Al-Sadoon Ibtisam El-Nour Alexander Chacko Manjusha Hira Yasser Wali Rajeev Jain |
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| description | The medical records of three children who were entrapped inside vehicles are reviewed and their outcome following the incidents were assessed in this report. The children developed heat stroke following the incidents and survived after several days in coma but with severe cognitive functions impairment. Two of the children were left with hyperactivity and attention deficit, while the third had active epilepsy.Vehicular entrapment heat stroke is one of the preventable brain injuries in children. Several children get entrapped in cars or other vehicles yearly and survivors are left with significant brain damage. The usual cause for brain damage is heat stroke the lesson learned was to never leave children unattended in cars. Therefore, it is essential to double check that doors are locked when leaving children unattended near vehicles. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-445c32b1a87449e69158d08867ea6c2b2022-12-21T23:14:24ZengOman Medical Specialty BoardOman Medical Journal1999-768X2070-52042010-07-01253222224Vehicular Entrapment and Heat Stroke in Three children:Is it a Form of Child Neglect?Roshan KoulAmna Al-FutaisiMuna Al-SadoonIbtisam El-NourAlexander ChackoManjusha HiraYasser WaliRajeev JainThe medical records of three children who were entrapped inside vehicles are reviewed and their outcome following the incidents were assessed in this report. The children developed heat stroke following the incidents and survived after several days in coma but with severe cognitive functions impairment. Two of the children were left with hyperactivity and attention deficit, while the third had active epilepsy.Vehicular entrapment heat stroke is one of the preventable brain injuries in children. Several children get entrapped in cars or other vehicles yearly and survivors are left with significant brain damage. The usual cause for brain damage is heat stroke the lesson learned was to never leave children unattended in cars. Therefore, it is essential to double check that doors are locked when leaving children unattended near vehicles.http://www.omjournal.org/CaseReports/FullText/201007/FT_VehicularEntrapmentandHeat.htmlstrokevehicular entrapment |
| spellingShingle | Roshan Koul Amna Al-Futaisi Muna Al-Sadoon Ibtisam El-Nour Alexander Chacko Manjusha Hira Yasser Wali Rajeev Jain Vehicular Entrapment and Heat Stroke in Three children:Is it a Form of Child Neglect? Oman Medical Journal stroke vehicular entrapment |
| title | Vehicular Entrapment and Heat Stroke in Three children:Is it a Form of Child Neglect? |
| title_full | Vehicular Entrapment and Heat Stroke in Three children:Is it a Form of Child Neglect? |
| title_fullStr | Vehicular Entrapment and Heat Stroke in Three children:Is it a Form of Child Neglect? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vehicular Entrapment and Heat Stroke in Three children:Is it a Form of Child Neglect? |
| title_short | Vehicular Entrapment and Heat Stroke in Three children:Is it a Form of Child Neglect? |
| title_sort | vehicular entrapment and heat stroke in three children is it a form of child neglect |
| topic | stroke vehicular entrapment |
| url | http://www.omjournal.org/CaseReports/FullText/201007/FT_VehicularEntrapmentandHeat.html |
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