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Critical Care| March 01 2003 Injuries in Drowning and Near Drowning Patients AAP Grand Rounds (2003) 9 (3): 34–35. https://doi.org/10.1542/gr.9-3-34 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Injuries in Drowning and Near Drowning Patients. AAP Grand Rounds March 2003; 9 (3): 34–35. https://doi.org/10.1542/gr.9-3-34 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter All PublicationsAll JournalsAAP Grand RoundsPediatricsHospital PediatricsPediatrics In ReviewNeoReviewsAAP NewsAll AAP Sites Search Advanced Search Topics: drowning, immersion, near drowning, wounds and injuries Source: Hwang V, Shofer FS, Durbin DR, et al. Prevalence of traumatic injuries in drowning and near drowning in children and adolescents. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003;157:50–53. This study was a 10-year review of all patients who presented to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Emergency Department after submersion. Charts were reviewed for data regarding clinical features and circumstances related to the submersion event in order to investigate the relationship between submersion injuries and the presence of other traumatic injuries. One hundred and forty-three patients were identified. The median age was 5.6 years (range 1.2 months to 18.7 years). Two-thirds were male. Seventy percent of submersion events occurred in pools while 19% occurred in bathtubs and 11% occurred in natural bodies of water. Circumstances of the submersion were unavailable in 36% of cases, 31% were related to the child’s inability to swim, 14% were infants left unattended... You do not currently have access to this content.
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