Citation

Omar HR, Sprenker C, Bosco G, Mangar D, Camporesi EM. J. Crit. Care 2015; 30(5): 1121-1123.

Affiliation

University of South Florida, FGTBA and TEAMHealth, Tampa, FL, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jcrc.2015.05.028

PMID

26138631

Abstract

Drowning is a main cause of accidental death among children and adolescents worldwide. Ischemic electrocardiographic (ECG) changes are often encountered in victims of near drowning. We reviewed the literature for near drowning cases reporting ischemic ECG changes to study the underlying etiology for these findings. Among the 8 cases included in the analysis, ischemic ECG changes were due to takotsubo cardiomyopathy (in elderly cases especially females); coronary artery spasm (in younger cases); or hypothermia effect on ECG; and, to a lesser extent, myocardial ischemia resulting from occlusive coronary artery disease.

Language: en