| Sea drowning: a case report and review of the literature. | |
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PMID: 21932699 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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400,000 incidents of sea drowning take place every year. We report the case of a woman, 34 years old, attended on the beach by external hospital emergency services after suffering immersion in seawater resulting in drowning due to acute respiratory failure. She was admitted to the critical care unit and an emergency fiberoptic bronchoscopy was performed, extracting a large quantity of sand and algae. The respiratory function improved and FiO2 requirements were gradually reduced following the procedure. After 8 days of mechanical ventilation the patient was extubated, with good clinical tolerance and was transferred to a ward. |
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Authors:
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A A Estella; L Pérez Bello Fontaiña |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Monaldi archives for chest disease = Archivio Monaldi per le malattie del torace / Fondazione clinica del lavoro, IRCCS [and] Istituto di clinica tisiologica e malattie apparato respiratorio, Università di Napoli, Secondo ateneo Volume: 75 ISSN: 1122-0643 ISO Abbreviation: Monaldi Arch Chest Dis Publication Date: 2011 Jun |
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Created Date: 2011-09-21 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9307314 Medline TA: Monaldi Arch Chest Dis Country: Italy |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 135-7 Citation Subset: IM |
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Intensive Care Unit, Hospital of Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera Cádiz, Spain. litoestella@hotmail.com |
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