Citation

Thompson RL. Aviat. Space Environ. Med. 1977; 48(10): 924-928.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1977, Aerospace Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

921652

Abstract

Sometimes it is difficult to differentiate between injuries and drowning as a cause of death in aircraft-accident fatalities. There are certain anatomic and chemical changes that are compatible with drowning, but there is no single change that is diagnostic of drowning. Drowning is a diagnosis that can be made only after all other causes of death have been excluded. Only after a complete review of the circumstances surrounding the accident and the performance of a thorough autopsy can a correct diagnosis be made when there is a possibility of drowning.

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