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Bilateral Brachial Plexopathy Following an Attempted Hanging: A Case Report (목맴 후 발생한 양측 팔신경얼기손상: 증례보고)

  • Yoon, Byung-Nam;Choi, Seong-Hye;Rha, Joung-Ho;Sung, Jung-Joon;Ma, Eun-Ju;Lee, Kwang-Woo
    • Journal of Trauma and Injury
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    • v.27 no.3
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    • pp.79-83
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    • 2014
  • The brachial plexus is a network of nerves that provides movement and feeling to the shoulder, arm and hand. The majority of acute brachial plexus injuries occur when the plexus is stretched violently or torn. This happens as result of the shoulder being pressed down forcefully while the head is pushed up and away from that shoulder. Such injuries frequently result from automobile or motor-cycle accidents or from falls and usually affect one side. Nerve injuries vary in severity from a mild stretching of the nerve to a tearing of the nerve root away from the spinal cord. We experienced a 50-year-old woman with weakness in both upper extremities after an attempted hanging. A consecutive workup revealed bilateral brachial plexus injuries. Six months after the incident, she had fully recovered. This is a very rare case of bilateral brachial plexus injuries after an attempted hanging.

Relationship of Increased Proportion of Suicides by Hanging and Increase in Total Suicide Rates in South Korea (한국에서 목맴을 이용한 자살 비율의 증가와 전체 자살률 증가 사이의 연관성에 대한 연구)

  • Ahn, Myung Hee;Park, Subin;Lee, Taeyeop;Lee, Ahrong;Kyeon, Yeong Gi;Hong, Jin Pyo
    • Anxiety and mood
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.135-139
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    • 2013
  • Objective : This study was conducted to examine the relationship between the annual changes of suicide methods and suicide rates in South Korea. We compared the suicide methods in South Korea with those in six other OECD countries, Japan, Finland, France, United States, Canada and Australia. Methods : Data of suicide rates and methods since the year 2000 were obtained from the official electronic mortality data published by the seven countries and from the World Health Organization [WHO] mortality database. We compared the correlation between suicide methods and suicidal rates in South Korea using Spearman's correlation test. Results : The proportion of hanging steadily increased, whereas self-poisoning steadily decreased from 2000 to 2011. The increased use of hanging was associated with the increase of suicide rates in South Korea. The preference for jumping as a suicide method in South Korea can be notably compared to that of other countries. Conclusion : Preference use of lethal methods, such as hanging, may play a great role in the increase of suicide rates in South Korea. The limitation of physical and cognitive access to lethal methods can be an effective suicide prevention strategy.

Clinical Study of Patients with Elevated Troponin-I in Near-hanging Injury (심근효소 상승 유무에 따른 목맴 환자들의 임상적 특성)

  • Shin, Hyun Goo;Park, Jun Bum;Kim, Chang Sun;Oh, Jae Hoon;Cho, Young Suk;Park, Sae Hoon;Je, Sang Mo;Choi, Hyuk Joong;Kang, Bo Seung;Lim, Tae Ho;Kang, Hyung Goo
    • Journal of Trauma and Injury
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.196-202
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    • 2012
  • Purpose: This study aimed to recognize the frequency of near-hanging patients with elevated Troponin-I (Tn-I), to obtain information necessary for treatment and prediction of prognosis by analyzing the clinical feature of near-hanging patients, and to evaluate the relevance of elevated Tn-I to abnormal result of other cardiac-related examinations. Methods: A retrospective review for the near-hanging patients, clinical record was conducted at two urban training hospitals between April, 2001 and December, 2011. We divided included patients into two groups, which one with elevated Tn-I level ($Tn-I{\geq}0.1ng/dL$) and one without it, and compared the differences in initial vital signs, cardiac enzyme tests, an electrocardiogram, echocardiography, chest X-ray, and the clinical outcomes. Results: A total of 39 patients were included, out of them, 14 patients showed rise in Tn-I level. The length of hospital stay and ICU hospitalization was more prolonged in the patient group with elevated Tn-I level than non-elevated group. As well as the incidence of endotracheal intubation and abnormal findings in echocardiography or chest X-ray was higher in the Tn-I elevated group, which is statistically significant. Conclusion: The rising of serum Tn-I level in near-hanging patients were not uncommonly observed. We believe that the cardiac-related test including Tn-I is necessary for near-hanging patients, and those who are shown abnormal result in cardiac-related test may need close observation and intensive care.

Clinical Features of Cricopharyngeal Incoordination in Newborns and Infants (신생아 및 영아기 윤상인두 협조불능의 임상적 고찰)

  • Han, Young-Mi;Park, Jae-Hong
    • Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
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    • v.11 no.2
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    • pp.116-121
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    • 2008
  • Purpose: Cricopharyngeal incoordination is a rare cause of swallowing difficulties in newborns and infants; it is characterized by delayed pharyngeal contractions related to cricopharyngeal relaxation. Dysphagia and repeated aspiration are common findings despite normal sucking. We conducted this study to assess the clinical features of cricopharyngeal incoordination in newborns and infants. Methods: An analysis of the clinical data from 17 patients with cricopharyngeal incoordination who were admitted to the Department of Pediatrics, Pusan National University Hospital, between 2000 and 2006 was conducted retrospectively. The diagnosis of cricopharyngeal incoordination was established by the clinical characteristics and the videofluoroscopic swallowing studies. Results: The male to female ratio was 1:1.1 (males 8, females 9) the age range 1 to 60 days. The body weight of 11 patients (64.7%) was less than the $10^{th}$ percentile at diagnosis. Six patients (35.3%) were born prematurely. The associated anomalies or diseases were chromosomal anomaly (2 cases), congenital heart disease (3 cases), and laryngomalacia, hypoxic brain damage or neonatal seizures (1 case each). The chief complaints of patients were recurrent aspiration pneumonia (10 cases), feeding difficulty (9 cases), dyspnea (4 cases), and chocking (4 cases). The severity of aspiration on the videoesophagogram or esophagogram was mild in 12 cases. The correlation between the severity of aspiration and the duration of tube feeding after the diagnosis was significant (p<0.05). Conclusion: Cricopharyngeal incoordination should be considered in the differential diagnosis of newborns and infants, without known risk factors associated with swallowing dysfunction, when they present with unexplained respiratory problems. Although the prognosis of cricopharyngeal incoordination is good, early diagnosis and tube feeding are recommended to prevent the complications associated with this disorder.

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An Analysis of the National Suicide Rate in Korea during 2005 (2005년 전국 자살실태 분석)

  • Kim, Gi-Jeong;Kwak, Jyung-Sik
    • Journal of forensic and investigative science
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.5-22
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    • 2007
  • From the numerous social problems generated by the unbalanced social development and the social trend of belittling life overall, we found the causes of suicide getting worse in its seriousness day by day. In reality, the problem has been approached in a collateral level in contrast with other social problems. There have been an active involvement in studying the definition, causes and ways of prevention of suicide theoretically until now. However, different from other social problems, it is almost impossible to treat or fix the problem of suicide. Only ways to treat or fix the problem is when the suicide has ended in failure. Thus, this study intends to examine the suicide rate among the total accidents during the year 2005, perform the analyses on the actual causes according to the relations such as the means of suicide, occupation, age group, educational background, etc. In order to present a solution to the issue of suicide becoming serious each day. Among the total accidents in 2005, the suicide rate came out to be approximately 52.4%. Among the result, 52.4%, male with 69% resulted higher than female with 31%, which appears to be related to the social functions. While men tends to take more active(80%) means of suicide like jumping off, poison, hanging, etc., women tends to take more passive(60%) means of suicide like sleeping pills, slitting wrist, etc. In terms of the cause, pessimism, illness, denial, mental disorder, etc resulted more than 75%, and there were many cases of suicide after exhibiting the signs of depression. Also there were higher suicide rate of the unemployed engaged in direct labor with educational background lower than college level related to the pessimism regarding the family living cost. We were able to determine the recent increase in the suicidal tendency of the educated people higher than the college level and the retired people with depression caused by the sudden change in social status. Overall there are several reasons for suicide, however, in most cases the signs of depression were exhibited until the final suicide, which tells us the serious psychological problem of suicide. Assuming that the current development of suicide will continue in future, the result of this study will guide the corresponding social policies, be utilized in preparing the insurance or management at the national level dealing with the real social problems that are not just a conflict of an individual, but could spread like a fad and become much bigger than the present by the continuous support at the environmental, social and political levels, and be utilized as the basic data to establish the research plan.

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