Citation

Sogoloff H, Barrera R, Ginsberg R, Stover D. Chest 2001; 120(3): 1021-1022.

Affiliation

Pulmonary Critical Service, Memorial Sloan-Ketttering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, American College of Chest Physicians)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11555542

Abstract

Near-drowning syndrome depends on the duration of submersion, the amount of fluid aspirated, and the severity of hypoxia. We report a case in which a patient developed ARDS shortly after undergoing a left upper lobectomy and a chest wall resection for a lung carcinoma. On further investigation, the ARDS was caused by near-drowning in a basin of freshwater: the patient's face was submerged by the patient's companion as part of a cultural tradition of trying to clean his lung. We believe that this case presents the etiology of freshwater near-drowning syndrome due to an ethnogenic practice not previously reported.

Language: en