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Systemic Infection Affecting Multiple Sites After Near-Drowning: A Case Report.

Infect Drug Resist

December 2024

Department of Infectious Diseases, Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, Anhui, 241001, People's Republic of China.

() can cause fungal infections in near-drowning victims, and an increasing number of cases have been reported. However, cases of bone and joint infections caused by are rare. In this case, a 35-year-old otherwise healthy Chinese female presented with aspiration pneumonia and knee arthritis after accidentally falling into sewage and near-drowning and underwent macrogenomic second-generation sequencing of arthrocentesis fluid, which showed .

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Edwardsiella tarda is a Gram-negative intracellular pathogen within the Enterobacterales order, recognized as a causative agent of hemorrhagic septicemia in fish but also pathogenic to humans. However, the clinical course and prognostic factors of E. tarda bacteremia are not fully understood.

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  • * Resuscitation efforts for drowning victims must prioritize restoring breathing as well as circulation, with in-water rescue breathing followed by chest compressions once the victim is in a safe environment.
  • * Recent updates to resuscitation guidelines for drowning, based on systematic reviews from 2021 to 2023, have been established by a committee of experts from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Heart Association.
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Drowning is the third leading cause of death from unintentional injury worldwide, accounting for 7% of all injury-related deaths. The World Health Organization estimates that there are ≈236 000 deaths due to drowning worldwide each year. Significant efforts have focused on creating systems to prevent drowning, but an average of 4000 fatal and 8000 nonfatal drownings still occur annually in the United States-likely an underestimate.

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Relationship between cardiopulmonary resuscitation duration and outcomes in children with drowning-induced cardiac arrest.

Am J Emerg Med

January 2025

Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Tsukuba Memorial Hospital, Tsukuba, Japan; Health Services Research and Development Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.

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  • This study examined how the length of CPR given before reaching the hospital affects the neurological outcomes in children who suffered cardiac arrest due to drowning.
  • Researchers analyzed data from almost 1,000 cases and found that favorable neurological outcomes were rare, drastically decreasing after 33 minutes of out-of-hospital CPR.
  • The findings suggest that extended CPR durations lead to poorer outcomes, indicating that emergency services may need to reconsider their decisions about how long to continue resuscitation efforts in drowning cases.
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Clinical features and antifungal treatment of invasive Scedosporium boydii infection: report of a case and literature overview.

Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob

October 2024

Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Immunology and Inflammation, Jiangxi Provincial Clinical Research Center for Laboratory Medicine, Department of Clinical Laboratory, The 2nd affiliated hospital, Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.

Objective: This study aims to present a case of persistent mycetoma caused by Scedosporium boydii and undertake a systematic literature overview to elucidate the clinical characteristics and antifungal treatment exhibited by such patients.

Methods: We report the case of a 24-year-old female who sustained a Scedosporium boydii infection in her right foot over a decade ago following a nail puncture. Concurrently, a comprehensive literature overview was conducted on PubMed, focusing on documented cases of Scedosporium boydii infections with the intent of extracting relevant clinical data.

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Differences in Injury Patterns and Delays in Care-Seeking Behaviors in the Anabaptist Population.

J Trauma Nurs

September 2024

Author Affiliations: National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute (Dr. Salzwedel); Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Population Health, Marshfield Clinic Research Institute (Dr. Rhodes-Lyons); and Trauma Department, Marshfield Clinic Health System-Marshfield, Marshfield, Wisconsin (Mrs Kracht).

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  • - The study explores how the Anabaptists in Wisconsin have unique injury patterns and care-seeking behaviors compared to the general population due to their distinct lifestyle and health beliefs.
  • - Conducted over 23 years, the analysis found that out of 14,431 trauma patients, only 81 were confirmed Anabaptists, who were more likely to require helicopter transportation and had specific injury mechanisms, such as buggy collisions and machinery injuries.
  • - The research highlights significant differences in injury incidence and delayed health care access within the Anabaptist group, indicating the need for tailored injury prevention and health care strategies for this population.
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Emergency medical retrieval services (EMRS) in remote Indigenous islands is rarely investigated. We analyzed the characteristics of patients who underwent EMRS in Lanyu, an offshore island of Taiwan, from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2021. The need for EMRS for Lanyu Indigenous residents (N=132, 3.

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Background: Acute lung injury or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is one of the most common complications of non-fatal drowning. Although respiratory societies' guidelines endorse the role of systemic corticosteroids in ARDS, the evidence for systemic corticosteroid use in ARDS due to non-fatal drowning is limited.

Methods: A search was conducted on Pubmed, OVID, and EuropePMC, assessing the clinical question using inclusion and exclusion criteria.

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Drowning.

Emerg Med Clin North Am

August 2024

Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA, USA.

Drowning is responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality worldwide, and it is estimated that 90% of drownings are preventable. Drowning is defined as "the process of experiencing respiratory impairment from submersion/immersion in liquid." Emergency providers should focus on airway management and rapid delivery of oxygen to interrupt the drowning process and improve patient outcomes.

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A case of haemoglobinuria in a cat after near-drowning.

Vet Med Sci

July 2024

Animal Emergency Service, Tanawha, Queensland, Australia.

The aim of this study is to describe a case of haemoglobinuria in a cat after near-drowning. A 6-year-old male neutered domestic short hair cat weighing 6.5 kg with a pre-existing seizure disorder presented to an emergency hospital after near-drowning in a swimming pool during a seizure episode.

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  • * A sample of 401 schoolchildren revealed significant associations between different types of ACEs (like bullying and sexual abuse) and PTSD/CPTSD diagnoses, with fearful attachment styles also playing a role.
  • * The findings highlight the need to prioritize addressing childhood trauma in public health initiatives in Uganda, as biological, psychological, and social factors interplay in the impact of ACEs on mental health.
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  • A 19-year-old woman with asthma experienced confusion after a near-drowning incident two weeks prior to her hospital admission.
  • Medical tests revealed severe thrombocytopenia and microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA), leading to a high suspicion of thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) as the diagnosis.
  • The patient underwent treatment for TTP, including plasma exchange and rituximab, and showed improvement during a year of follow-up, although she did not achieve remission.
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Drowning remains a significant global health concern, claiming over 300,000 lives annually, with a disproportionate impact on young individuals in low-and middle-income countries. Conventional mechanical ventilation, while common, falls short in addressing the hypoxemia and hypercapnia often observed in severe near-drowning cases. Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (vvECMO) emerges as a critical intervention for cardiopulmonary failure post-drowning.

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Background: Scedosporium apiospermum (S. apiospermum) is a rare fungal pathogen that causes disseminated infections. It rarely affects immunocompetent individuals and has a poor prognosis.

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Scedosporium apiospermum species complex are widely distributed fungi that can be found in a variety of polluted environments, including soil, sewage, and decaying vegetation. Those opportunistic pathogens with strong potential of invasion commonly affect immunosuppressed populations However, few cases of scedosporiosis are reported in immunocompetent individuals, who might be misdiagnosed, leading to a high mortality rate. Here, we reported an immunocompetent case of systemtic infection involved in lung, brain and spine, caused by S.

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Drowning is a common cause of childhood morbidity and mortality worldwide. Anoxia, hypothermia, and metabolic acidosis are mainly responsible for this morbidity. Drowning may lead to multiple organ damage, especially cardiac damage, in cases in which severe hypothermia and hypoxemia occur.

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Scedosporium/Lomentospora species exist as saprophytic moulds that can potentially lead to serious infections in patients who have experienced near-drowning incidents. Scedosporium species are distributed across different regions of the world while Lomentospora prolificans has quite a restricted geographic distribution. We aimed to systematically review scedosporiosis cases after near-drowning, their clinical manifestations, underlying diseases, treatments, outcomes and its impact through disability-adjusted life years (DALYs).

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Background: A technique called in-water resuscitation (IWR) was devised on a surfboard to ventilate persons who seemingly did not breathe upon a water rescue. Despite IWR still raises uncertainties regarding its applicability, this technique is recommended by the International Liaison Committee for Resuscitation (ILCOR). Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of IWR with a rescue board before and during towing and, to compare rescue times and rescue-associated fatigue levels between rescues with rescue breath attempts and without (SR).

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  • Scedosporium spp. is a type of fungus that can cause serious infections in both healthy and weakened immune system individuals, often following incidents like drowning or trauma.
  • A case study of a 52-year-old man with no known risk factors showed he developed a widespread Scedosporium boydii infection, leading to heart failure and other complications.
  • Autopsy revealed the fungus invading heart and brain tissue, highlighting the critical role autopsies play in diagnosing unusual infections and understanding their effects.
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Background Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a life-saving procedure that can be performed in many situations where a person's breathing or heartbeat has stopped, such as during a heart attack, suffocation, near drowning, or electrical injuries. Despite its importance, to our knowledge, no research has been conducted yet in our community on the differences in CPR knowledge, attitudes, and willingness between those with and without heart disease relatives. Objective This study aimed to assess the level of knowledge, attitude, and willingness of people with and without heart disease relatives to perform CPR in a case of cardiac arrest.

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Molecular identification of extremely compromised human remains in forensic field is usually performed from DNA typing of bones, which are a difficult sample to work with. Moreover, autosomal STR profiles do not always result in the identification of the donor due to lack of comparisons or non-hit throughout database searching. An attempt to overcome these issues is represented by fingernails as an alternative DNA source and Y-STRs typing to infer both geographical and familial ancestry of the unknown donor.

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