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  • Pulmonology
  • Toxicology

Background:

  • Drowning is a leading cause of injury-related death in children.
  • Clinically-important drowning-associated lung injury (ciDALI) represents a significant morbidity.
  • Identifying risk factors for ciDALI is crucial for timely intervention and improved outcomes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify risk factors associated with clinically-important drowning-associated lung injury (ciDALI) in pediatric patients.
  • To inform clinical decision-making and resource allocation in pediatric drowning cases.

Main Methods:

  • A cross-sectional study involving 4213 pediatric patients (0-18 years) across 32 pediatric emergency departments from 2010-2017.
  • Data collected included demographics, comorbidities, prehospital care, chest radiographs, and emergency department course.
  • ciDALI was defined by specific criteria including mortality, oxygen requirements, ventilatory support, or abnormal chest imaging.

Main Results:

  • 28% of patients (1168/4213) experienced ciDALI.
  • Risk factors for ciDALI included: older age (>5 years), prolonged submersion (>5 minutes), scene resuscitation, and abnormal presentation findings (mentation, heart rate, respiratory rate, hypotension, lung auscultation).
  • Specific odds ratios highlighted significant associations, e.g., abnormal mentation (aOR: 6.4) and prolonged submersion (aOR: 6.0).

Conclusions:

  • Pediatric ciDALI is associated with older age, scene resuscitation, prolonged submersion, and abnormal pulmonary, hemodynamic, and neurological status upon emergency department presentation.
  • Further prospective research is needed to stratify risks and optimize patient management and disposition following submersion injuries.
  • These findings underscore the importance of rapid assessment and intervention in pediatric drowning incidents.