Ventricular fibrillation as initial rhythm in pediatric cardiac arrest by suicidal hanging

Resuscitation. 2017 Aug:117:e9-e10. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2017.04.021. Epub 2017 May 27.

Authors

Johanna Wagner¹, Karl Reiter¹, Carola Schön¹, Julia Keil¹, Michael Strobelt², Martin Olivieri¹, Florian Hoffmann³

Affiliations

¹ Dr. v. Hauner Children's Hospital, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, LMU Munich, Lindwurmstr. 4, D-80337 Munich, Germany.
² Pediatrician's Office, Bahnhofstr. 16, D-83052 Bruckmühl, Germany.
³ Dr. v. Hauner Children's Hospital, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, LMU Munich, Lindwurmstr. 4, D-80337 Munich, Germany. Electronic address: florian.hoffmann@med.uni-muenchen.de.

PMID: 28559155
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2017.04.021

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Asphyxia / physiopathology
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation*
Child
Electrocardiography
Humans
Hypoxia / complications
Male
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / etiology
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / therapy*
Suicide*
Ventricular Fibrillation / etiology*
Ventricular Fibrillation / therapy