A case of drowning.
A case of near drowning is described. Despite full consciousness on early admission, and apparently good immediate recovery following intensive therapy for delayed pulmonary effects, the patient died of overwhelming necrotising pneumonia on the tenth day after the accident.
D000328:Adult; D001996:Bronchopneumonia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D004332:Drowning; D006801:Humans; D007384:Intermittent Positive-Pressure Breathing; D008297:Male; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors