Cindy H Hsu, Bryce E Haac, Mack Drake, Andrew C Bernard, Alberto Aiolfi, Kenji Inaba, Holly E Hinson, Chinar Agarwal, Joseph Galante, Emily M Tibbits, Nicholas J Johnson, David Carlbom, Mina F Mirhoseini, Mayur B Patel, Karen R OʼBosky, Christian Chan, Pascal O Udekwu, Megan Farrell, Jeffrey L Wild, Katelyn A Young, Daniel C Cullinane, Deborah J Gojmerac, Alexandra Weissman, Clifton Callaway, Sarah M Perman, Mariana Guerrero, Imoigele P Aisiku, Raghu R Seethala, Ivan N Co, Debbie Y Madhok, Bryan Darger, Dennis Y Kim, Lara Spence, Thomas M Scalea, Deborah M Stein
BACKGROUND: We sought to determine the outcome of suicidal hanging and the impact of targeted temperature management (TTM) on hanging-induced cardiac arrest (CA) through an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) multicenter retrospective study. METHODS: We analyzed hanging patient data and TTM variables from January 1992 to December 2015. Cerebral performance category (CPC) score of 1 or 2 was considered good neurologic outcome, while CPC of 3 or 4 was considered poor outcome...
April 19, 2018: Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery