Delayed Pulmonary Oedema Following Attempted Suicidal Hanging–A Case Report

SUMMARY: During suicidal hanging, death takes few minutes to occur. Patient, if rescued, may develop respiratory distress, pulmonary oedema, convulsions, raised intra cranial pressure and unconsciousness immediately after incidence. We report a young male of suicidal hanging, brought to hospital in...

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Autores principales: Kumar, Mahendra, Mandhyan, Rajani, Shukla, Usha, Kumar, Ashok, Rautela, R S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2900131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20640148
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Sumario:SUMMARY: During suicidal hanging, death takes few minutes to occur. Patient, if rescued, may develop respiratory distress, pulmonary oedema, convulsions, raised intra cranial pressure and unconsciousness immediately after incidence. We report a young male of suicidal hanging, brought to hospital in unconscious state with decerebrating movements. He developed pulmonary oedema after two hours of incidence. He was resuscitated and treated successfully.

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