Correlation of survivors of near hanging with Glasgow coma scale

Abstract

<p class="abstract"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Background:</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"> A patient, who survives an attempt to hang himself, at least for some time, is said to be a case of “near-hanging”. This study attempts to correlate survival in near- hanging with Glasgow Coma Scale and to study the clinical profile of hanging the 25 patients of near hanging who were admitted in the MICU of Government Medical College, Aurangabad from January 2014 to July 2015.</span></p><p class="abstract"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Methods: </span></strong>Detail clinical history was taken and thorough examination was done. Patients were assessed by applying Glasgow coma scale. NCCT Brain and spine was done of all these patients before admitting to MICU to rule out cervical injury.</p><p class="abstract"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Results:</span></strong><span lang="EN-US"> Males were 76% and female 24% in this study.20 of the 25 patients required mechanical ventilation. 18 patients survived, of whom 13 had been ventilated. All the 5 who did not need ventilation survived.</span></p><p class="abstract"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Conclusions: </span></strong>Only 1 patient survived out of the 8, whose Glasgow - coma scale was less than 6, (87.5 % mortality). 100 % patients who were ventilated but had a Glasgow Coma Scale of 6 or more survived.</p>

Forensic Description Of Cases Of Noletal Asphyxia

“…In only two cases was the life-threatening result of acute cardiovascular failure. Similar results have been obtained by other researchers (5,6).…”

Asıdan Kurtulan Olguların Adli Tıbbi Değerlendirilmesi: Olgu serisi

“…Borkar ve ark. 'ı (14) da benzer şekilde, asıdan kurtulan 25 hastanın 20'sine mekanik ventilasyon gerektiğini, mekanik ventilasyon gerektirmeyen 5 hastanın tamamının yaşadığını, ventilasyon yapılanların 13'ünün yaşadığını, mekanik ventilasyona rağmen GKS 6 ve üzerinde olan hastaların yaşadığını, GKS 6'dan düşük olan 8 hastadan sadece birinin yaşadığını belirtmişlerdir.…”