Survival from accidental strangulation from a scarf resulting in laryngeal rupture and carotid artery stenosis: the “Isadora Duncan syndrome”. A case report and review of literature

P A Gowens; R J Davenport; J Kerr; R J Sanderson; A K Marsden

doi:10.1136/emj.20.4.391

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Survival from accidental strangulation from a scarf resulting in laryngeal rupture and carotid artery stenosis: the “Isadora Duncan syndrome”. A case report and review of literature

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	Abstract	Full	Pdf
Jun 2003	8	2	0
Jul 2003	56	58	12
Aug 2003	45	51	1
Sep 2003	38	26	0
Oct 2003	16	33	0
Nov 2003	15	40	1
Dec 2003	15	11	2
Jan 2004	26	24	6
Feb 2004	15	16	4
Mar 2004	16	28	7
Apr 2004	13	13	1
May 2004	47	42	4
Jun 2004	44	65	1
Jul 2004	39	64	19
Aug 2004	37	39	5
Sep 2004	54	49	8
Oct 2004	53	80	4
Nov 2004	26	49	7
Dec 2004	24	74	2
Jan 2005	20	105	32
Feb 2005	15	161	9
Mar 2005	15	185	12
Apr 2005	11	151	5
May 2005	24	111	10
Jun 2005	11	62	8
Jul 2005	21	45	11
Aug 2005	24	89	7
Sep 2005	9	93	14
Oct 2005	15	81	4
Nov 2005	14	87	12
Dec 2005	12	86	5
Jan 2006	13	90	8
Feb 2006	8	82	7
Mar 2006	11	55	5
Apr 2006	10	50	3
May 2006	14	58	12
Jun 2006	9	40	3
Jul 2006	7	49	6
Aug 2006	5	26	1
Sep 2006	1	65	5
Oct 2006	10	99	2
Nov 2006	5	115	6
Dec 2006	4	129	6
Jan 2007	12	111	3
Feb 2007	9	94	5
Mar 2007	26	123	7
Apr 2007	87	14	1
May 2007	47	8	2
Jun 2007	58	6	4
Jul 2007	37	30	3
Aug 2007	62	5	6
Sep 2007	58	7	4
Oct 2007	59	10	1
Nov 2007	75	6	1
Dec 2007	40	3	2
Jan 2008	67	11	1
Feb 2008	467	11	3
Mar 2008	94	10	3
Apr 2008	89	10	6
May 2008	44	2	3
Jun 2008	68	1	2
Jul 2008	116	3	2
Aug 2008	109	2	3
Sep 2008	123	7	4
Oct 2008	213	6	2
Nov 2008	212	10	6
Dec 2008	276	2	1
Jan 2009	229	5	2
Feb 2009	153	6	2
Mar 2009	141	2	1
Apr 2009	91	4	5
May 2009	121	3	0
Jun 2009	121	5	0
Jul 2009	113	7	5
Aug 2009	131	4	0
Sep 2009	154	7	8
Oct 2009	149	6	3
Nov 2009	137	7	6
Dec 2009	157	7	3
Jan 2010	103	3	0
Feb 2010	71	7	5
Mar 2010	39	4	2
Apr 2010	88	6	3
May 2010	75	8	1
Jun 2010	56	2	1
Jul 2010	42	6	2
Aug 2010	77	8	1
Sep 2010	74	4	2
Oct 2010	99	2	1
Nov 2010	98	2	1
Dec 2010	75	6	3
Jan 2011	74	3	0
Feb 2011	82	9	2
Mar 2011	84	10	2
Apr 2011	56	6	1
May 2011	74	6	1
Jun 2011	65	6	0
Jul 2011	53	12	1
Aug 2011	62	5	5
Sep 2011	66	10	6
Oct 2011	73	7	2
Nov 2011	41	38	2
Dec 2011	23	126	4
Jan 2012	24	77	10
Feb 2012	24	65	15
Mar 2012	18	63	15
Apr 2012	16	61	7
May 2012	24	48	16
Jun 2012	15	47	18
Jul 2012	11	80	16
Aug 2012	12	72	14
Sep 2012	34	62	14
Oct 2012	31	80	26
Nov 2012	19	52	15
Dec 2012	25	52	13
Jan 2013	31	84	10
Feb 2013	19	67	8
Mar 2013	36	75	9
Apr 2013	32	95	14
May 2013	31	115	45
Jun 2013	11	90	44
Jul 2013	12	71	43
Aug 2013	14	88	39
Sep 2013	9	75	31
Oct 2013	17	86	47
Nov 2013	12	65	41
Dec 2013	8	85	51
Jan 2014	10	77	41
Feb 2014	10	76	42
Mar 2014	18	66	31
Apr 2014	14	99	8
May 2014	13	118	4
Jun 2014	8	63	31
Jul 2014	7	81	77
Aug 2014	8	93	62
Sep 2014	8	81	63
Oct 2014	6	82	50
Nov 2014	11	70	51
Dec 2014	4	53	158
Jan 2015	9	73	38
Feb 2015	25	136	42
Mar 2015	15	73	21
Apr 2015	2	71	4
May 2015	15	68	5
Jun 2015	4	49	3
Jul 2015	2	81	2
Aug 2015	3	74	37
Sep 2015	13	71	53
Oct 2015	4	37	25
Nov 2015	8	55	46
Dec 2015	3	48	36
Jan 2016	71	92	29
Feb 2016	5	54	40
Mar 2016	8	44	46
Apr 2016	8	51	28
May 2016	5	75	15
Jun 2016	5	56	33
Jul 2016	14	61	11
Aug 2016	12	49	16
Sep 2016	20	48	6
Oct 2016	13	52	17
Nov 2016	20	67	11
Dec 2016	13	56	11
Jan 2017	26	66	9
Feb 2017	10	34	9
Mar 2017	4	36	6
Apr 2017	3	60	6
May 2017	3	82	5
Jun 2017	15	63	4
Jul 2017	36	35	13
Aug 2017	65	60	10
Sep 2017	84	80	10
Oct 2017	78	70	4
Nov 2017	98	88	8
Dec 2017	175	167	5
Jan 2018	169	155	2
Feb 2018	127	107	1
Mar 2018	107	93	4
Apr 2018	83	79	6
May 2018	117	115	2
Jun 2018	112	113	2
Jul 2018	78	76	2
Aug 2018	119	115	6
Sep 2018	71	69	4
Oct 2018	105	93	9
Nov 2018	86	82	11
Dec 2018	108	108	4
Jan 2019	97	96	3
Feb 2019	97	96	2
Mar 2019	112	100	17
Apr 2019	75	72	11
May 2019	68	63	12
Jun 2019	53	50	13
Jul 2019	119	120	10
Aug 2019	69	67	4
Sep 2019	79	76	9
Oct 2019	55	49	5
Nov 2019	85	76	4
Dec 2019	135	133	9
Jan 2020	74	68	7
Feb 2020	76	66	22
Mar 2020	58	48	12
Apr 2020	55	55	6
May 2020	85	80	12
Jun 2020	58	56	8
Jul 2020	74	74	13
Aug 2020	83	72	11
Sep 2020	64	57	18
Oct 2020	56	52	16
Nov 2020	70	63	6
Dec 2020	43	39	13
Jan 2021	56	54	6
Feb 2021	50	46	16
Mar 2021	47	43	12
Apr 2021	40	35	0
May 2021	48	48	4
Jun 2021	60	56	2
Jul 2021	46	43	7
Aug 2021	68	68	5
Sep 2021	52	51	12
Oct 2021	91	85	22
Nov 2021	71	66	26
Dec 2021	82	72	12
Jan 2022	68	66	12
Feb 2022	54	49	5
Mar 2022	57	53	3
Apr 2022	62	61	13
May 2022	60	57	16
Jun 2022	48	46	4
Jul 2022	89	89	10
Aug 2022	107	107	6
Sep 2022	204	192	12
Oct 2022	418	407	13
Nov 2022	460	458	9
Dec 2022	497	494	6
Jan 2023	473	474	4
Feb 2023	599	590	16
Mar 2023	604	606	6
Apr 2023	531	525	13
May 2023	513	504	18
Jun 2023	531	530	9
Jul 2023	450	450	9
Aug 2023	318	312	17
Total	18142	18495	2899

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