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Drowning, Near

Janelle D. McCall  1 , Britni T. Sternard  2
In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2017 Jun.
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Drowning, Near

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Near drowning or nonfatal drowning is defined as survival (at least temporarily) after suffocation by submersion in a liquid medium. Loss of consciousness may or may not be included in the definition. Nonfatal drowning may also be defined as survival after aspiration of fluid into the lungs or after a period of asphyxia secondary to laryngospasm.

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