Childhood drowning in South Africa: local data should inform prevention strategies

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 123-130

  Joanknecht, L ^a   Argent, A C ^b   van Dijk, M ^a   van As, A B ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Drowning; Near drowning; Pediatric; Prevention; Prognostic factors; South Africa

Indexed keywords

INOTROPIC AGENT;

APNEA; ARTICLE; BATH; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN DEATH; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CORNEA ULCER; DECUBITUS; DISEASE DURATION; DROWNING; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; HAZARD; HEART ARREST; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MORTALITY; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MYDRIASIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RESUSCITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; STRIDOR; SWIMMING POOL; NEAR DROWNING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DROWNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEAR DROWNING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; SWIMMING POOLS;

EID: 84922105876     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: 14379813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-014-3637-0     Document Type: Article

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