Accidental Strangulation While Playing with Hammock in a Child

In children, strangulation is a fatal injury due to asphyxia, a terminal event of partial or complete hanging. Homemade hammocks are routinely used as a cradle which is potentially dangerous. We are hereby reporting a 12-year-old female with accidental strangulation occurring as a result of swinging...

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Autores principales: Anitha, C., Jagadishkumar, K., Nanda, N., Meghana, M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6126290/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30271064
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_545_17
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description In children, strangulation is a fatal injury due to asphyxia, a terminal event of partial or complete hanging. Homemade hammocks are routinely used as a cradle which is potentially dangerous. We are hereby reporting a 12-year-old female with accidental strangulation occurring as a result of swinging on a hammock made of saree and also in a view to educate the public about the hazards of using homemade hammocks.
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spelling pubmed-61262902018-10-01 Accidental Strangulation While Playing with Hammock in a Child Anitha, C. Jagadishkumar, K. Nanda, N. Meghana, M. J Neurosci Rural Pract Case Report In children, strangulation is a fatal injury due to asphyxia, a terminal event of partial or complete hanging. Homemade hammocks are routinely used as a cradle which is potentially dangerous. We are hereby reporting a 12-year-old female with accidental strangulation occurring as a result of swinging on a hammock made of saree and also in a view to educate the public about the hazards of using homemade hammocks. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6126290/ /pubmed/30271064 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jnrp.jnrp_545_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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