Exsanguination from arteriovenous fistula: suicide or chronic wound?
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Year of publication | 2020 |
Type | Article in Periodical |
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Web | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12024-019-00190-7 |
Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12024-019-00190-7 |
Keywords | arteriovenous fistula; exsanguination |
Description | We have read with great interest the article “Exsanguination from a puncture wound to arteriovenous fistula as the method of suicide in a chronic kidney disease patient “where the authors described suicide due to fatal blood loss through a small puncture wound in an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) of the left forearm, inflicted by a small Swiss Army knife. |