Hanging is a common method of committing suicide and a routine task in medico‐legal
autopsies. The hanging mark is the most relevant external sign and its characteristics are …

Elevators are mechanical transportation devices used to move vertically between different
levels of a building. When first developed, elevators lacked the safety features. When safety …

Background: Elevators remain one of the safest forms of transportation; however, they are
still associated with deaths and injuries. This study describes the epidemiology of elevator …

The mechanism of death in asphyxia is impairment of oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange.
Mechanical asphyxia (ie, physical interference with breathing and/or circulation) is …

Materials and Methods: In this study autopsy files over a seven year period from 2007 to
2013 were reviewed, and data of near hanging deaths (attempted hanging cases who …

Objective To describe elevator‐related injuries in dogs. Design Retrospective study, August
2015 to October 2020. Setting Four urban referral and emergency veterinary facilities …

Accidental hanging is rare across all age groups, and it is even rarer in the adult population
except in autoerotic asphyxia. Few cases have been reported in the literature, which …

This study describes the epidemiology of elevator-related injuries among children in the
United States from 1990 to 2004. A retrospective cohort analysis was performed using data …

Hanging is one of the most common methods of suicide in India in which death of the
individual occurs instantaneously. However, a few cases have been reported in literature in …

Background: Elevator-related accidents are uncommon, but can cause significant injury.
However, little data exist on these types of accidents. To compile and analyze accident data …