Drowning in Children: Retrospective Analysis of Incident Characteristics, Predicting Parameters, and Long-Term Outcome

Background: Drowning is the second leading cause of unnatural death in childhood worldwide. More than half of the drowned children, who were in need of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at the scene suffered from lifelong neurological sequelae. There are few data about prognostic predictors in the...

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Main Authors: Liliane Raess, Anna Darms, Andreas Meyer-Heim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
Series:Children
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/7/7/70