One of the most common manners of unnatural death that has been rapidly increasing in Nepal is suicide. The choice of method depends on the accessibility and availability of the means. Therefore suicide by hanging with the ligature material ranging from torn clothing, bed sheet to a shoelace is incorporated. Objective of this study is to find the choice of the type of ligature material used by ...

In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the autopsy findings of deaths due to hanging in the last 25 years in Eskisehir province located in western Anatolia and to share them in the literature. The gender, age, scene of crime, the material used for hanging type and hanging, autopsy findings and toxicological findings were examined using the data of Eskişehir Forensic Medicine Branch Directorate...

The eyes of a 25-year-old male were collected by the Utah Lions Eye Bank after his suicide by hanging. Following dissection of the corneoscleral buttons from intact globes, bilateral detached Descemet's membranes with subsequent scrolling in the periphery were observed. We believe these findings were caused by a large increase in intraocular pressure secondary to the hanging. Lens and anterior ...

Acute and rapidly reversible left ventricular dysfunction may be triggered by various psychological and physical insults. This entity is now well known as stress cardiomyopathy or Takotsubu cardiomyopathy. Suicidal hanging involves intense emotional outburst and the act of hanging is an extreme physical stress. We report a case of rapidly reversible left ventricular dysfunction following attemp...

The neuropsychology of hanging: an historical perspective Medalia, Merriam and Ehrenreich' reported two cases of attempted hanging with subsequent isolated memory defects. Their report is particularly interesting, as hanging is still one of the most common methods of committing suicide. How death occurs during hanging and how, when and why the brain's activity is altered by strangulation, has b...

BACKGROUND The lethality of the suicide method employed is a strong risk factor for the completion of suicide. We examined whether annual changes in the pattern of suicide methods is related to annual changes in suicide rates in South Korea, the United States (US), and Finland. METHODS We analyzed annual data from 2000-2011 for South Korea and Finland, and 2000-2010 for the US in order to exa...

BACKGROUND Hanging is one of the most commonly used methods for suicide worldwide. In England and a number of other countries, its incidence has increased over the last 30 years. This review summarizes the published literature on suicide by hanging. The focus is on its epidemiology in England and on identifying potential means of prevention. METHODS We searched Medline (1966-2003), Embase (19...

background: suicide is one of the leading factors of death worldwide. hanging is one of the most common methods of suicide. this study was designed to evaluate post mortem toxicology laboratory findings of subjects with hanging death in northeast iran.  methods: this study was carried out on reported cases with hanging death to razavi khorasan province-general office of iranian legal medicine o...