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Near Drowning : Complications

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Complications Overview Articles

Near-Drowning
Neurological damage is the major long-term concern in the treatment of near-drowning victims. Patients who arrive at an emergency department awake and alert usually survive with brain function intact, as do about 90% of those who arrive mentally i...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine

Specific Complications Articles

Traumatic Brain Injury
Traumatic brain injury(TBI) is the result of physical trauma to the head causing damage to the brain. This damage can be focal, or restricted to a single area of the brain, or diffuse, affecting more than one region of the brain.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Hypoxia
Hypoxia is the term applied to oxygen starvation of the brain; when the lack of oxygen is more generalized in the whole body, the term anoxia is used. Hypoxia may affect the fetus prior to birth, or may occur during the birth process itself.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Hypoxia
Hypoxia generally refers to a lack of oxygen in any part of the body. In a neurological context, it refers to a reduction of oxygen to the brain despite adequate amounts of blood.A decrease in oxygen supply to the brain can occur due to choking, s...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Acute upper airway obstruction
An acute upper airway obstruction is a blockage of the upper airway, which can be in the trachea, voice box(laryngeal), or throat(pharyngeal) areas.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 11, 2009
Unconsciousness - first aid
Unconsciousness is when a person is unable to respond to people and activities. Often, this is called a coma or being in a comatose state.Other changes in awareness can occur without becoming unconscious.
Source:ADAM
Date:October 6, 2008
Aspiration pneumonia
Aspiration pneumonia is inflammation of the lungs and airways to the lungs(bronchial tubes) from breathing in foreign material.Anaerobic pneumonia; Aspiration of vomitus; Necrotizing pneumonia; Aspiration pneumonitis; Chemical pneumonitis.Aspirati...
Source:ADAM
Date:March 17, 2009
Hypothermia
Hypothermia is dangerously low body temperature, below 95°F(35°C).People most likely to experience hypothermia include:.Chronically ill, especially with heart or circulation problems.Hypothermia occurs when more heat is lost than the bod...
Source:ADAM
Date:June 9, 2008
Hypothermia
Hypothermia, a potentially fatal condition, occurs when body temperature falls below 95°F(35°C).Although hypothermia is an obvious danger for people living in cold climates, many cases have occurred when the air temperature is well above...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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