منابع مشابه
Pediatric near-drowning and drowning.
Childhood water submersion remains a major public health problem. The aim of this article is to present an updated overview of the topic with data from our region and special attention to prevention strategies. Children less than 5 years and males are particularly at risk. Infants are at higher risk of drowning in bathtubs, toilets, or washing machines, while most drowning in older children occ...
متن کاملImmersion, near-drowning and drowning.
“Drowning” is defined as “suffocation by submersion, especially in water”66; it continues to be the third most common cause of accidental death in the general population and, for children in many countries, the second most common cause after road accidents.75 In the USA, 40% of drowning victims are less than 4 yr old.74 In Britain, the Office of Population Census reports that child deaths from ...
متن کاملDrowning.
A body recovered from the water does not necessarily imply that death was due to drowning. The diagnosis of drowning is discussed together with the significance of the "diatom" and biochemical tests.
متن کاملDrowning and near-drowning--some lessons learnt.
Over a period of sixteen months, 17 cases of submersion injury (encompassing victims of drowning and near-drowning) were attended to at our Accident and Emergency Department at Changi General Hospital. Most of the victims were inexperienced recreational swimmers, and in 6 of them, early bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation enabled them to recover without severe morbidity. Non-cardiogenic pul...
متن کاملPatterns of drowning and near drowning in NSW.
An analysis of drowning in Australia showed that, overall, rates of drowning are low compared to other injuries. In NSW between 1995 and 1999, drowning was the sixth most common injury-related cause of death, and neardrowning was the eighth most common cause of injury-related hospitalisation. However, as these are population-based estimates, the rates underestimate the risk involved in exposure...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Cell
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0092-8674
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.04.045