Submersion and asphyxial injury.

Ibsen, Laura M; Koch, Thomas · Crit Care Med · 2002

review · Level V

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Abstract

Drowning and other asphyxial injuries are important causes of childhood morbidity and mortality. In this review, the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and treatments applied to near-drowning victims are discussed, with an emphasis on the difficulties encountered attempting to predict outcome using current methods.

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