DROWNINGS IN THE METROPOLITAN REGION OF CUIABA (02)

Drowning is the fourth leading cause of accidental death in adults and the third in children and adolescents worldwide. Drowning is usually caused by asphyxia due to aspiration of fluid that obstructs the airways and is responsible for changes in gas exchange, which lead to hypoxemia (insufficient oxygen levels in the blood) and metabolic acidosis. This study aimed to analyze cases of drowning in the metropolitan region of Cuiabá from January to December 2014. The analysis consisted of the observation of 1200 reports from the Instituto Medico Legal de Cuiabá, which presented 25 cases of drowning; all were men (100%), with a predominance of adults (52%), of which there was a predominance of the age group between 31 and 60 years (36%), higher incidence of drowning cases in September (28%) and more than half of the deaths from this fatality (60%) occurred in the freshwater Cuiabá river, on the banks near the capital of the state of Mato Grosso.

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