Abstract | PURPOSE: METHODS: This retrospective study included all patients having suffered an out of hospital cardiac arrest due to drowning and admitted to our tertiary care academic hospital between 2002 and 2010. Data concerning bacteriological lung samples (tracheal aspirate or bronchoalveolar lavage) at admission were reported and compared to bacteriological samples obtained from our local river (the river Seine). RESULTS: A total of thirty-seven patients were included in the study. Lung samples were obtained for twenty-one of these patients. Lung samples were positive in nineteen cases, with a high frequency of multi- drug resistant bacteria. Samples from the Seine River found microorganisms similar to those found in drowning associated pneumonia. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | J M Tadié, N Heming, E Serve, N Weiss, N Day, A Imbert, G Ducharne, C Faisy, J L Diehl, D Safran, J Y Fagon, E Guérot |
Journal | Resuscitation
(Resuscitation)
Vol. 83
Issue 3
Pg. 399-401
(Mar 2012)
ISSN: 1873-1570 [Electronic] Ireland |
PMID | 21907690
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. |
Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adult
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
(therapeutic use)
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Drug Resistance, Bacterial
- Drug Resistance, Multiple
- Female
- France
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Near Drowning
(complications)
- Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
(etiology, therapy)
- Pneumonia, Bacterial
(drug therapy, etiology, microbiology)
- Retrospective Studies
- Risk Factors
- Rivers
(microbiology)
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