RT Book, Section
A1 Qureshi, Nadeemuddin
A1 Rivera-Sepulveda, Andrea
A2 Tenenbein, Milton
A2 Macias, Charles G.
A2 Sharieff, Ghazala Q.
A2 Yamamoto, Loren G.
A2 Schafermeyer, Robert
SR Print(0)
ID 1155749696
T1 Drowning
T2 Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 5e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259860751
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1155749696
RD 2024/04/19
AB Drowning  is  the  second  most  common  cause  of  unintentional  death  in  children  and  adolescents  worldwide,  with  a  bimodal  distribution  of  peak  incidence  between  the  ages  of  1  and  4  years,  and  11  and  14  years.Poor  prognostic  indicators  include  prolonged  submersion,  asystole  upon  emergency  department  (ED)  arrival,  and  delay  in  effective  cardiopulmonary  resuscitation.Patients  who  have  a  normal  chest  radiograph  and  oxygenation  saturation  and  who  remain  asymptomatic  may  be  discharged  after  a  6-hour  observation  period.