Hanging is one of the most common methods of suicide in India in which death of the individual occurs instantaneously. However, a few cases have been reported in literature in which death has occurred after a certain period of time or the patient has survived after prolonged resuscitative measures. A case of a 20-year-old female is described who survived for nine days after hanging, remaining unconscious throughout in the hospital. She died due to cerebral damage caused by cerebral anoxia.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
BautzP.KnottenbeltJ.D. (1994) Successful resuscitation from suicidal hanging: report of three cases. Injury25, 111–2.
2.
BrownV.L.EspinosaJ. (1991) Near hanging injury: two case studies and an overview. J. of Emerg. Nursing17, 386–9.
3.
CalacheM.J.AchamallahN.S. (1991) Spontaneous remission of depression after attempted suicide by hanging: a case report and literature review. International J. of Psychosomatics38, 89–91.
4.
CampsF.E. (1976) Gradwohl's Legal Medicine. (3rd ed) John Wright and Sons Ltd. pp. 326–36.
5.
CookeC.T.CaddenG.A.HiltonJ.M. (1988) Unusual hanging deaths. American J. For. Med. and Pathology9, 277–82.
6.
DigeronomoR.J.MayesT.C. (1994) Near-hanging injury in childhood: a literature review and report of three cases. Paediatr. Emerg. Care10, 150–6.
7.
GordonI.ShapiroH.A.BersonS.D. (1988) Forensic Medicine. (3rd ed) Churchill Livingstone pp. 95–127.
8.
HarishD.KumarA.SirohiwalB.L.DikshitP.C. (1994) Delayed death in hanging: case reports. J. For. Med. Tox.XI, 48–50.
9.
HausmannR.BetzP. (1997) Delayed death after attempted suicide by hanging. Int. J. Legal Med.110, 164–6.
10.
HowellM.A.GullyH.R. (1996) Near-hanging presenting to an accident and emergency department. J. Accid. Emerg. Med.13, 135–6.
11.
KnightB. (1991) Forensic Pathology.Edward Arnold, pp. 334–59.
12.
MedaliaA.A.MerriamA.E.EhrenreichJ.H. (1991) The neuropsychological sequelae of attempted hanging. J. of Neurology & Psychiatry54, 546–8.
13.
MukherjeeJ.B. (1981) Forensic Medicine and Toxicology (Vol. 1). (1st edn) Academic Publishers, pp. 453–520.
14.
OrtmannC.FechnerG. (1996) Unusual findings in death by hanging-reconstruction of capacity for action. Arch-Kriminol.197, 104–10.
15.
PolsonC.J.GeeD.J.KnightB. (1985) The Essentials of Forensic Medicine. (4th ed) Pergamon Press pp. 357–88.
16.
PradeepK.G.KanthaswamyV. (1993) Survival in hanging. American J. of For. Med. and Pathology14, 80–1.
17.
ReddyK.S.N. (1998) The Essentials of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology. (17th ed) Hyderabad: Medical Book Company pp. 266–7.
