Resuscitation
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Resuscitation
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Recovery of a hypothermic drowned child after resuscitation with cardiopulmonary bypass followed by prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Drowning is a leading cause of death in children worldwide. However, there is uncertainty about the initiation and the extent of adequate therapeutic interventions after drowning accidents. ⋯ After a prolonged period in a vegetative state eventually she made an almost complete neurological recovery. We do not have knowledge of any case of drowning reported with a favourable neurological outcome after such a prolonged period of ECMO.