"Dirty drowning" related lung injury in a paediatric intensive care unit

Marco Piastra^{1

2}, Cristina Benassi³, Lucilla Pezza¹, Tony Christian Morena¹, Enzo Picconi¹, Pino Pasqua⁴, Maria Donis⁵, Leonardo Bussolin³, Federico Visconti^{1

6}, Giorgio Conti^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Pediatric ICU and Trauma Center, Fond. Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy.
² Institute of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Rome, Roma, Italy.
³ Trauma Center, Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence, Italy.
⁴ Intensive Care Unit, AO SS.Annunziata Hospital, Cosenza, Italy.
⁵ Neonatal and Pediatric ICU, University Hospital Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy.
⁶ ICU and Trauma Center, Fond. Policlinico San Matteo Pavia IRCCS, Pavia, Italy.

Marco Piastra et al. Acta Paediatr. 2022 Sep.

. 2022 Sep;111(9):1801-1803.

doi: 10.1111/apa.16440. Epub 2022 Jun 12.

Marco Piastra^{1

2}, Cristina Benassi³, Lucilla Pezza¹, Tony Christian Morena¹, Enzo Picconi¹, Pino Pasqua⁴, Maria Donis⁵, Leonardo Bussolin³, Federico Visconti^{1

6}, Giorgio Conti^{1

2}

¹ Pediatric ICU and Trauma Center, Fond. Policlinico Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy.
² Institute of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Rome, Roma, Italy.
³ Trauma Center, Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence, Italy.
⁴ Intensive Care Unit, AO SS.Annunziata Hospital, Cosenza, Italy.
⁵ Neonatal and Pediatric ICU, University Hospital Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy.
⁶ ICU and Trauma Center, Fond. Policlinico San Matteo Pavia IRCCS, Pavia, Italy.

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