Drowning

Introduction: Drowning

Description of Drowning

Drowning (medical condition): Loss of life that results from accidental submersion in water. Drowning involves the lungs filling with a liquid (usually water) which stops ...more

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Drowning: Death that occurs as a result of anoxia or heart arrest, associated with immersion in liquid.
Source: MeSH 2007

Drowning: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Drowning:

• Death (2725 causes)
• Immersion
• Liquid
• Anoxia
• Cardiac
• Cardiac symptoms (2927 causes)
• Cardiac disease
• Cardiac disorder

Drowning as a Disease

Drowning (medical condition): See Drowning (disease information).
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Drowning: Related Diseases

Drowning: Drowning is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Respiratory conditions
• Lung conditions
• Physical conditions
• Accidental injury
• Accident or injury conditions

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• Symptoms of Drowning
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• Prevention of Drowning

Drowning: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Drowning:

• wet drowning
• dry drowning
• asphyxia
• scuba diving
• cardiac arrest
• hypothermia
• bradycardia
• seizures
• stroke

Hierarchical classifications of Drowning

The following list attempts to classify Drowning into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Disorders of Environmental Origin
  • Wounds and Injuries
    • Drowning

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
  • Pathologic Processes
    • Death
      • Drowning

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Environment and Public Health
  • Public Health
    • Accidents
      • Drowning

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