We appreciate the careful comments made by Queiroga and colleagues 1 regarding the use of the term near drowning as opposed to nonfatal drowning in our recent article in Movement Disorders Clinical Practice. 2 We obviously acknowledge the importance of using uniform and clear terminology, and we fully support the term nonfatal drowning, as advised by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation and the World Health Organization. 3 , 4 Our article was inspired by the stories of our patients regarding their swimming difficulties and earlier work by Neves and colleagues. 5 It was composed by movement disorders specialists, rather than experts in drowning research, and coming from this different background, we were insufficiently aware of the appropriate terminology. We would like to thank the authors from the International Drowning Researchers' Alliance for sharing their expertise on this important topic. We hope that through collaborations between movement disorders experts and drowning researchers, this cumbersome, underexposed, and not rarely dangerous symptom of Parkinson's disease can be optimally mapped and treated in the future.
Author Roles
(1) Manuscript: A. Writing of the First Draft, B. Review and Critique.
A.T.: 1A
B.R.B.: 1B
J.N.: 1B
Disclosures
Ethical Compliance Statement
We confirm that we have read the Journal's position on issues involved in ethical publication and affirm that this work is consistent with those guidelines. Institutional review board approval or informed patient consent was not necessary for this work.
Funding Sources and Conflict of Interest
Authors report no conflict of interest related to this work.
Financial Disclosures for the Previous 12 Months
A.T. reports no disclosures. J.N. was supported by ZonMw and the Michael J. Fox Foundation. B.R.B. has received honoraria from serving on the scientific advisory boards for Abbvie, Biogen, UCB, and Walk with Path; has received fees for speaking at conferences from AbbVie, Zambon, Roche, GE Healthcare, and Bial; and has received research support from The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, the Michael J. Fox Foundation, UCB, Abbvie, the Stichting Parkinson Fonds, the Hersenstichting Nederland, the Parkinson Foundation, Verily Life Sciences, Horizon 2020, the Topsector Life Sciences and Health, and the Parkinson Vereniging.
Relevant disclosures and conflicts of interest are listed at the end of this article.
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