Clinical spectrum and risk factors for mortality among seawater and freshwater critically ill drowning patients: a French multicenter study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Drowning is a global threat and one of the leading causes of injury around the world. The impact of drowning conditions including water salinity on patients' prognosis remains poorly explored in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) patients.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective multicenter study on patients admitted to 14 ICUs in the west of France from January 2013 to January 2020. We first compared demographic and clinical characteristics at admission as well as clinical courses of these patients according to the salinity of drowning water. Then, we aimed to identify variables associated with 28-day survival using a Cox proportional hazard model.

Results

Of the 270 consecutive included patients, drowning occurred in seawater in 199 patients (73.7%) and in freshwat

SUBMITTER: Reizine F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8543920 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature