Drowning

Known as: drown, drowns, drowned 
Death that occurs as a result of anoxia or heart arrest, associated with immersion in liquid.
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Drowning and nonfatal submersion

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Submersion

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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest surveillance --- Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES), United States, October 1, 2005--December 31, 2010.
PROBLEM/CONDITION Each year, approximately 300,000 persons in the United States experience an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest… (More)
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2010
Highly Cited
2010
The Evolution of Reciprocal Altruism
A model is presented to account for the natural selection of what is termed reciprocally altruistic behavior. The model shows how… (More)
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
European Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2010 Section 8. Cardiac arrest in special circumstances: Electrolyte abnormalities, poisoning, drowning, accidental hypothermia…
uropean Resuscitation Council Guidelines for Resuscitation 2010 ection 8. Cardiac arrest in special circumstances: Electrolyte… (More)
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Review
2010
Review
2010
Part 8: adult advanced cardiovascular life support: 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care.
The goal of therapy for bradycardia or tachycardia is to rapidly identify and treat patients who are hemodynamically unstable or… (More)
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Method of attempted suicide as predictor of subsequent successful suicide: national long term cohort study
OBJECTIVE To study the association between method of attempted suicide and risk of subsequent successful suicide. DESIGN Cohort… (More)
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2008
Review
2008
Clinical practice. Long-QT syndrome.
Copyright © 2008 Massachusetts Medical Society. After the sudden death of a 13-year-old girl while she was playing basketball… (More)
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2007
2007
Drowning—post-mortem imaging findings by computed tomography
The aim of this study was to identify the classic autopsy signs of drowning in post-mortem multislice computed tomography (MSCT… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
A new definition of drowning: towards documentation and prevention of a global public health problem.
Drowning is a major global public health problem. Effective prevention of drowning requires programmes and policies that address… (More)
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Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Reef drowning during the last deglaciation: Evidence for catastrophic sea-level rise and ice-sheet collapse
Elevations and ages of drowned Acropora palmata reefs from the Caribbean-Atlantic region document three catastrophic, metre-scale… (More)
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1988
1988
Diatoms and drowning
An examination is made of the applicability of quantitative and qualitative diatom analysis to the diagnosis of death by drowning… (More)
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