Impact of age, submersion time and water temperature on outcome in near-drowning

Resuscitation

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 247-254

  Suominen, P ^a   Baillie, C ^b   Korpela, R ^a   Rautanen, S ^c   Ranta, S ^a   Olkkola, K T ^d  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Porvoo Hospital   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Hypothermia; Near drowning; Near drowning severity index; Submersion time; Water temperature

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMERSION; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEAR DROWNING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RESUSCITATION; SURVIVAL; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEAR DROWNING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER;

EID: 0036195162     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-9572(01)00478-6     Document Type: Article

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