Dirlik M, Bostancıoğlu B
Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Adnan Menderes University, Aydın, 09100, Turkey.
Ministry of Justice, Forensic Science Institute, Antakya, Hatay, Turkey.
Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg. 2015 Dec;41(6):683-8. doi: 10.1007/s00068-015-0493-0. Epub 2015 Jan 10.
Drowning, a major public health problem worldwide, occurs as an accident, suicide, or homicide. Deaths with an accidental origin are common in childhood in the 0-18 age group. In our study, pediatric drowning cases for whom a postmortem examination and an autopsy were conducted by Adnan Menderes University Department of Forensic Medicine were evaluated. The characteristics were determined and compared with domestic and foreign studies.
A total of 39 cases in the 0-18 age group in Aydın between 2002 and 2012 were analyzed regarding age, gender, cause of death, origin, the accident scene, and the month in which the death occurred.
Of the drowning cases, 33 (84.6 %) were male, and 6 (15.4 %) were female. The average age was 9.08 years, and drowning is most common in the 0-4 age group (33.3 %). The scene of the accident was an irrigation channel in 43.5 % of the cases, a river in 15.3 %, a sea in 12.8 %, a pool in 10.2 %, and a lake or pond in 7.69 %.
Drowning deaths are a serious and preventable public health problem worldwide. There are strong correlations among lack of adult supervision, lack of precautions, and neglect.
溺水是一个全球性的重大公共卫生问题，可因意外、自杀或他杀而发生。意外溺水死亡在0至18岁儿童中很常见。在我们的研究中，对阿德南·曼德列斯大学法医学系进行尸检的儿科溺水病例进行了评估。确定了其特征并与国内外研究进行了比较。
分析了2002年至2012年期间艾登省0至18岁年龄组的39例病例，涉及年龄、性别、死因、来源、事故现场以及死亡发生的月份。
溺水病例中，男性33例（84.6%），女性6例（15.4%）。平均年龄为9.08岁，溺水在0至4岁年龄组最为常见（33.3%）。43.5%的事故现场为灌溉渠道，15.3%为河流，12.8%为海洋，10.2%为游泳池，7.69%为湖泊或池塘。
溺水死亡是一个严重且可预防的全球性公共卫生问题。成人监管缺失、预防措施缺乏和疏忽之间存在密切关联。
