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

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

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000052502

Enrollment

100

Registered

2023-10-14

Start date

2023-07-03

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

near-hanging

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All consecutive patients aged 18 years old or older who were hospitalised to the department of Emergency Medicine of the NHO Tokyo Medical Center due to near-hanging between April 2014 and June 2023.

Exclusion criteria

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.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
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

Measure	Time frame
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.	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactJunpei Komagamine

NHO Tokyo Medical Center Department of Emergency Medicine

215-rinri@mail.hosp.go.jp+81334110111

Outcome results