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Swimming and loss of consciousness

✍ Scribed by Suzuki, T. ;Ikeda, N. ;Umetsu, K. ;Kashimura, S.


Book ID
104660249
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
1985
Tongue
English
Weight
757 KB
Volume
94
Category
Article
ISSN
1437-1596

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✦ Synopsis


Under certain circumstances, even a good swimmer may drown during swimming exercise. Two cases of drowning, a survivor and a dead, during swimming exercise in swimming-pool are described. These cases and experimental researches with dogs indicate that the initial aspiration of water may cause extremely low heart rate and low blood pressure by reflex vagal inhibition, which deprive a good swimmer of his consciousness and make him drown.


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