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Drowning

Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology, 2003
To summarize current knowledge on pathophysiology and treatment of drowning accidents. Studies and case reports were searched using the keywords drowning, near-drowning, asphyxia, hypoxia and hypothermia in conjunction with organ systems and specific treatment options.Drowning is defined as death by suffocation in a liquid.
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Drowning and near-drowning

Postgraduate Medicine, 1978
Drowning is one of the three leading causes of accidental death. Dry drowning, the type in which no water enters the trachea, responds readily to resuscitation efforts. The current concept of drowning recognizes few differences between saltwater and freshwater aspiration; the therapeutic approach is the same for both types.
J C, Donaldson, J D, Royall
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Drowning

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America
Drowning is responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide, and it is estimated that 90% of drownings are preventable. Drowning is defined as "the process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion/immersion in liquid." Emergency providers should focus on airway management and rapid delivery of oxygen to interrupt the ...
Christopher A, Davis, Stephanie, Lareau
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Drowning, Near-Drowning, and Ice-Water Drowning

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1988
Drowning has become an accident of affluence. As pointed out in the article by O'Carroll et AL1in this issue ofTHE JOURNAL, close to 50% of all drowning accidents in Los Angeles County occur in swimming pools. Drowning is now the second leading cause of accidental death in children and the second leading cause of years of potential life lost.
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Near Drowning

International Anesthesiology Clinics, 1977
Several conditions that contribute to drowning and near drowning must be considered in the treatment of near-drowned victims. Regardless of the cause, mechanical ventilation should begin as soon as possible and closed-chest cardiac massage should be administered when there is any question about the adequacy of cardiac output. After aspiration of either
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NEAR DROWNING

Critical Care Clinics, 1999
Submersion accidents continue to be a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in children and adults. The key to successful management is prevention of these accidents. Proactive efforts to minimize submersion accidents in the community should be made by medical and legislative groups. Anticipatory guidance by primary care physicians, particularly
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Near Drowning

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 1992
Many thousands of individuals are near drowning victims each year in this country. The majority of these will be young, previously healthy people. The key to their successful outcome and return to productive, full lives is aggressive resuscitation by emergency physicians and prehospital care providers.
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Drowning and Near-drowning

Critical Care Medicine, 1980
Jacobsen, J B   +3 more
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Near-Drowning

Pediatrics In Review, 1993
Definition Drowning is defined as death caused by submersion, whereas near-drowning connotes survival for some time period following submersion. The following remarks pertain to the near-drowning victim who presents for acute medical management.
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Drowning and Near Drowning

DeckerMed Emergency Medicine, 2015
The most recently updated definition of drowning is “the process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion/immersion in liquid.” The primary insult in these patients is asphyxia, and the resulting hypoxia, hypercarbia, and acidosis will progress until cardiac arrest, multiple organ dysfunction, and death.
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