TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Hickam's suicide: a case of carbon monoxide toxicity, compartment syndrome, rhabdomyolysis, and renal failure from attempted dual suicide
JO  - Curēus
A1  - Bridwell, Rachel E.
A1  - Miles, Richard R.
A1  - Griffiths, Sean
A1  - Burgin, Robert R.
A1  - Long, Brit
SP  - e46759
EP  - e46759
VL  - 15
IS  - 10
N2  - Suicide pacts among elderly couples afflicted by a terminal disease process present a significant challenge to emergency clinicians. If one member of the pair aborts their attempt, the surviving member of a dual suicide attempt can present a complex case with numerous clinical issues reflected by Hickam's dictum rather than by Occam's razor. Thus, emergency clinicians must keenly search for a multitude of concomitant but compounding conditions, potentially projected onto pre-existing comorbidities in an elderly population. The authors present a case of a suicide pact in which one member of the couple completed the attempt while the surviving member experienced carbon monoxide toxicity, compartment syndrome, rhabdomyolysis, and renal failure following her aborted suicide attempt.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2168-8184
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.46759
ID  - ref1
ER  -