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Comparison of the General Health, Self-Esteem and Social Support in Self-Inflicted Burn Patients and Non Self Inflicted Burn Patients of the Choromy Accidental and Burning Hospital of Ganaveh

Armaghane Danesh Bimonthly Journal, 2006
: Introduction & Objective: Self-inflicted burn is a violent method of suicide. Since our society faces lots of psychological, social, personal and economical problems due to self-inflicted burn, more survey for this event can assist us to know its ...
MS Enayati, A Heidarei, M Malekzadeh, Y Abolfathi   +3 more
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Self-Inflicted Orbito-Cranial Injury Secondary to Gunshot: Case Report [PDF]

Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal, 2017
The eye may be injured by various penetrating and non-penetrating injuries like sticks, pencils, rods, gunshot and chopsticks. Self-inflicted gunshot injuries have been rarely reported in literature.
Yam Bahadur Roka, Narayani Roka Bhattarai   +1 more
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Self-inflicted ingestion of harmful chemicals in adolescents and adults: risk factors and characteristics

BMC Public Health
Background Injury due to ingestion of harmful chemicals has become an area of concern globally. In South Africa, paraffin has been widely implicated in multiple health outcomes, including severe ingestion injuries. A specific category of such injuries is
Rajen Govender, Ashley van Niekerk, Tiffany Joy Hector, Wayne van Tonder   +3 more
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Bulletproof Temporal Bone: A Case of Self-Inflicted Ballistic Injury [PDF]

, 2023
Temporal bone injuries due to gunshot wounds are uncommon but devastating, with a high risk of damage to critical neurovascular structures. The high resistance of the temporal bone, the densest bone in the human body, can sometimes avoid a fatal outcome.
Tavares Correia, João, Luis Meireles, Casanova, Maria J, António Magalhães, João T Correia, Lino, João, Magalhães, António, Maria J Casanova, Meireles, Luis, João Lino   +9 more
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Self-inflicted penetrating eye injuries using a razor blade: case report. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: A 23 year old white male with a history of social and behavioural problems attempted to blind himself chemically, with alcohol, and mechanically, with a razor blade. METHODS: Observational case report of a patient who self-inflicted bilateral
Razavi, Hessom, Price Nicholas, Nicholas Price, Hessom Razavi, Price, Nicholas, Razavi Hessom   +5 more
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Suicide by Self-Inflicted Burns –A Persistent Psychiatric Problem [PDF]

, 2022
Self-inflicted burns are a relatively uncommon but profound attempt at suicide. In 2019, suicide was the 10th leading cause of death in the United States with suicide by burns accounting for less than 1.0% of suicide attempts.
Palmieri, Tina L, Greenhalgh, David G, Fine, Jeffrey R, Romanowski, Katherine S, Sen, Soman, Smith, Jordan M   +5 more
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Impact of medical reimbursement revision on ambulance transport of self‐inflicted injury patients: a nationwide study in Japan

Acute Medicine & Surgery, 2021
Aim Self‐inflicted injury, as one reason to visit the emergency department, is an important issue in emergency medicine around the world. However, the impact of changes in social systems, such as medical reimbursement revision, on ambulance transport for
Yusuke Katayama, Kosuke Kiyohara, Tetsuhisa Kitamura, Tomoya Hirose, Kenichiro Ishida, Yutaka Umemura, Takeyuki Kiguchi, Shunichiro Nakao, Jotaro Tachino, Tomohiro Noda, Takeshi Shimazu   +10 more
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SELF-INFLICTED FIREARM INJURIES AS COMPARED TO THE ACCIDENTAL FIREARM INJURY; A COMPARATIVE ANALYTICAL STUDY TO DETERMINE THE COMMONEST SITE OF NON-SUICIDAL SELF-INFLICTED INJURIES

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2021
Objective: To determine the commonest site of non-suicidal self-inflicted firearm wound in comparison with accidental firearm wounds. Study Design: Cross sectional study.
Syed Shehzad Hasnain, Syed Taokeer Ahmed Rizvi, Imran Ashraf, Romesa Qaiser Khan, Waseem Khan Niazi, Ali Shan Rao   +5 more
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Long-term mortality after self-inflicted burns

, 2023
Background: Those with self-inflicted burns are a small but consistent group among burn patients, with large injuries and conflicting findings regarding their in-hospital mortality. Overall, burn survivors have a shorter life expectancy, as compared with
Sjöberg, Folke, Pompermaier, Laura, Steinvall, Ingrid, Moustafa Elmasry, Eladany, Mostafa M., Ingrid Steinvall, Mostafa M. Eladany, Sjöberg, Folke,, Abdelrahman, Islam Mohamedy,, Abdelrahman, Islam Mohamedy, Pompermaier, Laura,, Steinvall, Ingrid,, Elmasry, Moustafa,, Mats Fredrikson, Fredrikson, Mats,, Laura Pompermaier, Islam Abdelrahman, Folke Sjöberg, Eladany, Mostafa M.,, Fredrikson, Mats, Elmasry, Moustafa   +20 more
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Suicide and self-inflicted injury cases in the pre- and pandemic-related period of COVID-19 in Santa Catarina [PDF]

Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria
Objectives: To analyze the temporal trend and spatial distribution of suicide and self-inflicted injury cases in Santa Catarina, comparing the pre-pandemic (2015–2019) and and pandemic-related (2020–2024) periods.
Beatriz Schuelter Trevisol, Bruna Camargo, Jaqueline Klein Simionato, Cibelle Ribeiro Magalhães Silva, Gabriel Oscar Cremona Parma, Eliane Traebert, Jefferson Traebert, Daisson José Trevisol, Fabiana Schuelter-Trevisol   +8 more
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