Hanging-delayed death (a rare phenomenon).
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.
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Department of Forensic Medicine, UCMS and GTB Hospital, Delhi, India.
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D000328:Adult; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000473:pathology*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013405:Suicide; D013997:Time Factors