Injury Patterns and Emergency Department Mortality After Unsuccessful Suicide. A Descriptive Study of a Consecutive Case Series

• Published in: International surgery Vol. 103; no. 5-6; pp. 280 - 286
• Main Authors: Siegl, Katharina, Luedi, Markus M., Vassiliu, Pantelis, Kauf, Peter, Schneider, Ralph, Degiannis, Elias, Doll, Dietrich
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.05.2018

We hypothesized that trauma bay management and 24-hour emergency department (ED) mortality of patients that survived unsuccessful suicide attempts differ from other patients. Severely injured patients after an unsuccessful suicide attempt can be admitted to resuscitation rooms of any ED. To our know...