Investigation of the incidence of complicated cervical injuries in near-hanging patients

Not Applicable

• Conditions: near-hanging

• Registration Number: JPRN-UMIN000052502
• Lead Sponsor: HO Tokyo Medical Center

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2023-10-14
• Last Update Posted: 20 November 2023
• Study Completion: 2023-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Pending
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Patients who had suffered cardiac arrest due to hanging and had been never resuscitated at the emergency department are excluded. We will also exclude the patients who had fatal injuries due to suicide means other than hanging.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary outcome of this study is prevalence of a hanging-related cervical injury. We define hanging-related cervical injury as laryngeal fracture; laryngeal deviation; spinal cord injury; cervical spine fracture; or blunt cerebrovascular injury.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The secondary outcomes are prevalence of laryngeal fracture, laryngeal deviation, spinal cord injury, spinal concussion, cervical spine fracture, blunt cerebrovascular injury, hypoxic encephalopathy, and negative-pressure pulmonary edema, respectively.