TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Drowning A1 - Qureshi, Nadeemuddin A1 - Rivera-Sepulveda, Andrea A2 - Tenenbein, Milton A2 - Macias, Charles G. A2 - Sharieff, Ghazala Q. A2 - Yamamoto, Loren G. A2 - Schafermeyer, Robert Y1 - 2019 N1 - T2 - Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 5e AB - Drowning is the second most common cause of unintentional death in children and adolescents worldwide, with a bimodal distribution of peak incidence between the ages of 1 and 4 years, and 11 and 14 years.Poor prognostic indicators include prolonged submersion, asystole upon emergency department (ED) arrival, and delay in effective cardiopulmonary resuscitation.Patients who have a normal chest radiograph and oxygenation saturation and who remain asymptomatic may be discharged after a 6-hour observation period. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/16 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1155749696 ER -