The clinical study was done on 19 cases of near-drowning which were admitted to the Department of Pediatrics, Dong-San Hospital, Keimyung University during the period from January, 1983 to June, 1990
@ES The results were as follows:
@EN Out of 19 cases, 15 were male and 4 were female.
The sites of the accident included river in 6 cases, ponds in 4 cases, bathtub in 3 case, toilet in 3 cases and pool in 2 cases.
Out of 19 cases, 14 were recovered without detectable neurologic sequelae, 3 had anoxic encephalopathy and 2 had delayed death. 5 cases who were dead or associated with anoxic encephalopathy had duration of immersion over 5 minutes and needed
cardiopulmonary resuscitation at emergency room
The parent's estimation of the duration that the child child was missing and/or immersed correlated with the child's neurologic prognosis.
Severe metabolic acidosis and mild hypokalemia occured in patients who had anoxic encephalopathy and delayed death.
The most common respiratoryh complications were aspiration pneumonia and pulmonary edema. The neurologic sequelase were hemiparesis % language disability.
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