TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Drowning A1 - Doherty, Gerard M. PY - 2010 T2 - Quick Answers Surgery AB - • Effects of drowning or near-drowning are due to hypoxemia and aspiration• Physiologic effects of salt water aspiration are different than those of fresh water aspiration -Salt water aspiration produces hypovolemia, hemoconcentration, and hypertonicity but not hemolysis-Aspirated fresh water is quickly absorbed across the alveoli, leads to hypervolemia, hypotonicity, hemolysis, and electrolyte abnormalities SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/20 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58109215 ER -