Citation

Ahmad S, Kamal S, Jamal K. Sri Lankan Journal of Anaesthesiology 2017; 25(1): 41-43.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017)

DOI

10.4038/slja.v25i1.8171

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Suicidal hanging usually leads to death within a few minutes. The patient, if rescued, may develop respiratory distress, pulmonary oedema, convulsions, raised intra cranial pressure and unconsciousness immediately after the incident. We report a case of suicidal hanging in a young female, brought to hospital in a conscious state with restlessness and anxiety. She developed pulmonary oedema after twelve hours, and was resuscitated successfully. © 2017 Ahmad et al.

Language: en

Keywords

Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Hypoxia; Pulmonary oedema; Raised intra cranial pressure; Suicidal hanging