Citation

D'sa SR, Nair S, Joe Philip V, Reji KK, Karuppusamy R, Joseph M. Trop. Doct. 2018; 48(1): 3-6.

Affiliation

Department of Neurointensive Care, 30025 Christian Medical College, Vellore , India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0049475517729065

PMID

28862515

Abstract

Our study sought to identify factors at presentation which can predict the outcome after an attempted hanging. A retrospective analysis of patients over a 12-year period was carried out. A poor outcome was found in 17.8% and this could be predicted by the presence of myoclonus, a Glasgow coma motor score of ≤3 or an abnormal chest radiograph.

Language: en

Keywords

Glasgow Coma Score (GCS); Hanging; motor score of GCS; myoclonus; outcome