Near-Drowning

Dickie, Kenneth

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Drowning is the flooding of the living, intact airway with a liquid. It commonly occurs in healthy persons by accidental aspiration of fresh, brackish, or seawater, during recreational activities. If the process results in death, the person is said to be “drowned,” or if interrupted prior to death, “near-drowned,” hence the term “near-drowning.”

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Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Allergy, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., 20037, USA
Kenneth Dickie
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Washington, D.C., 20422, USA
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Division of Pulmonary Diseases and Allergy, George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., USA
Samuel V. Spagnolo M.D., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.P. (Professor of Medicine, Director, Associate Chairman, Chief) & Ann Medinger M.D., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.P. (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Chief) (Professor of Medicine, Director, Associate Chairman, Chief) & (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Chief)
Department of Medicine, George Washington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, D.C., USA
Samuel V. Spagnolo M.D., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.P. (Professor of Medicine, Director, Associate Chairman, Chief) (Professor of Medicine, Director, Associate Chairman, Chief)
Pulmonary Disease Section, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Washington, D.C., USA
Samuel V. Spagnolo M.D., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.P. (Professor of Medicine, Director, Associate Chairman, Chief) (Professor of Medicine, Director, Associate Chairman, Chief)
Pulmonary Function Laboratory, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Washington, D.C., USA
Ann Medinger M.D., F.A.C.P., F.C.C.P. (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Chief) (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Chief)

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Dickie, K. (1986). Near-Drowning. In: Spagnolo, S.V., Medinger, A. (eds) Handbook of Pulmonary Emergencies. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5125-2_7

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