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ArticleCureus2023

Hickam's Suicide: A Case of Carbon Monoxide Toxicity, Compartment Syndrome, Rhabdomyolysis, and Renal Failure From Attempted Dual Suicide.

Rachel E Bridwell, Richard R Miles, Sean Griffiths, Robert R Burgin, Brit Long

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Article in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Rachel E BridwellEmergency Medicine, Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis McChord, USA.
Richard R MilesPrehospital Services, US Military, Williamsburg, USA.
Sean GriffithsEmergency Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, USA.
Robert R BurginEmergency Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, USA.
Brit LongEmergency Medicine, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Suicide pacts among elderly couples afflicted by a terminal disease process present a significant challenge to emergency clinicians. If one member of the pair aborts their attempt, the surviving member of a dual suicide attempt can present a complex case with numerous clinical issues reflected by Hickam's dictum rather than by Occam's razor. Thus, emergency clinicians must keenly search for a multitude of concomitant but compounding conditions, potentially projected onto pre-existing comorbidities in an elderly population. The authors present a case of a suicide pact in which one member of the couple completed the attempt while the surviving member experienced carbon monoxide toxicity, compartment syndrome, rhabdomyolysis, and renal failure following her aborted suicide attempt.

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aborted attemptcarbon monoxidecompartment syndromecyanidedual suiciderhabdomyolysis

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PMID37946881
PMCPMC10632075

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