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An Evaluation of the Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown on Hanging Cases    
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Serbülent Kılıç
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Ayşen Zeybek
Melih Yüksel
Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Musa Şahin
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Özet
Objective: To investigate whether the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) lockdown influenced the rate of hanging in all age groups. To identify the prognosis, risk factors, and injury patterns of hanging cases. To compare the difference between rates of survival and fatal hanging cases.Materials and Methods: A retrospective patient review was carried out. This study was conducted in the Emergency Department (ED) of University of Health Sciences Turkey, Bursa Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Bursa, Turkey, between 1 January, 2018 and 30 September, 2022. Survivors and patients who had died were compared in terms of injury patterns and epidemiologic data. Cases admitted to the ED during the COVID-19 lockdown were also documented. A total of 34 hanging cases were reviewed.Results: This study enrolled 5 men (14.7%) and 29 women (85.3%) with an average age of 33 (32.6-38.4) years. Ten of them died as a consequence of hanging. The findings indicate that the ligature mark most commonly occurs on the anterior side of the neck (n= 28, 82.4%).Conclusion: Additionally, more than half of the patients needed intubation (n= 20, 58.8%). Half of the cases that presented on the lockdown days died.
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Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü Ulusal alan endekslerinde (TR Dizin, ULAKBİM) yayınlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı Global Emergency and Critical Care
Dergi ISSN 2822-4078
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler TR DİZİN
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 08-2023
Cilt No 2
Sayı 2
Sayfalar 63 / 66
Doi Numarası 10.4274/globecc.galenos.2023.57442
Makale Linki http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/globecc.galenos.2023.57442
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An Evaluation of the Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown on Hanging Cases

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