Mild therapeutic hypothermia and anoxia due to hanging: Case series and review of the literature

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 347-351

  Feeney, James M ^a   Loiacono, Laurie A ^a   Shapiro, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOXIA; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; MALE; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879663422     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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