Drowning overview
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Overview
Drowning is death as caused by suffocation when a liquid causes interruption of the body’s absorption of oxygen from the air leading to asphyxia. The primary cause of death is hypoxia and acidosis leading to cardiac arrest.
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