drowning in the reanimation

ABSTRACT

Clinical data were investigated in a retrospective study of 27 cases of near- drowning. The mortality of 14% of the patients depends on the cerebral lesions due to hypoxemia. Any correlation between mortality and severity of pulmonary lesions is found. So, prognosis depends mainly on the initial care where correct reoxygenation must be the basic action to avoid irreversible cerebral lesions and death