Citation

Ibsen LM, Koch T. Crit. Care Med. 2002; 30(11 Suppl): S402-8.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12528781

Abstract

Drowning and other asphyxial injuries are important causes of childhood morbidity and mortality. In this review, the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and treatments applied to near-drowning victims are discussed, with an emphasis on the difficulties encountered attempting to predict outcome using current methods.

Language: en