Key result
In patients presenting to the ICU with stress cardiomyopathy after suicidal hanging, the in-hospital mortality rate was 31.6%, with non-survivors having significantly lower Glasgow Coma Scale scores and ejection fractions.
Why the study?
Stress cardiomyopathy following suicidal hanging is uncommon and data on this condition are lacking.
Observational (n=19)
No
This study aims to characterize the clinical profile and outcomes of patients developing stress cardiomyopathy after suicidal hanging, an uncommon condition with limited existing data.
Provides initial descriptive data on rare post-hanging stress cardiomyopathy; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Stress cardiomyopathy, a reversible left ventricular dysfunction, following suicidal hanging is an uncommon clinical entity among intensive care unit (ICU) admissions. As there is a dearth of data on this condition, we intended to study the clinical profile and outcomes of patients admitted to our multidisciplinary ICU with stress cardiomyopathy following an attempted suicidal hanging.
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K et al. (2019) conducted an observational in Stress cardiomyopathy following attempted suicidal hanging (n=19). Stress cardiomyopathy following suicidal hanging was evaluated on In-hospital mortality rate. In patients presenting to the ICU with stress cardiomyopathy after suicidal hanging, the in-hospital mortality rate was 31.6%, with non-survivors having significantly lower Glasgow Coma Scale scores and ejection fractions.
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