Drowning and near-drowning

Emergency Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 377-386

  Moon, Richard E ^a   Long, Robert J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Drowning; Immersion; Near drowning; Submersion

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTAL DEATH; ASPHYXIA; DROWNING; HUMAN; NEAR DROWNING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; WATER IMMERSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROWNING; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; NEAR DROWNING; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036916513     PISSN: 10356851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2026.2002.00379.x     Document Type: Review

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