Near hanging: Early intervention can save lives
Hanging is a common method of suicide/homicide in the Indian scenario. We report three successive cases of attempted suicidal hangings seen over a period of 4 months in our intensive care wards. All of them presented gasping with poor clinical status and required immediate intubation, resuscitation,...
Main Authors: | Ritika Gandhi, Neeta Taneja, Paritosh Mazumder |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2011-01-01
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Series: | Indian Journal of Anaesthesia |
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Online Access: | http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2011;volume=55;issue=4;spage=388;epage=391;aulast=Gandhi |
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