Pneumonia associated with near-drowning

ABSTRACT

This study was carried out on 24 children with near-drowning admitted to the Institute of Pediatric during 1/1998 - 6/2000 to find the epidemiological factors, clinical profile and common cause of pneumonia associated with near-drowning. The results have shown that most of children with near-drowning were male children with ages of 6-9 who lived in the country side and can not swim. The accidents occurred mainly during 3 months holiday. The water resources in ponds and lakes were polluted serious. The levels of pneumonia lesion associated with near-drowning was usually severe 10/24 (42%) children suffered the respiratory impairment when admitting to hospital. The direct cause of pneumonia was negative gram microbials related with polluted water resources where children suffered from the near-drowning.