Exsanguination from arteriovenous fistula: suicide or chronic wound?

Authors

HANDLOS Petr HANDLOSOVA Klara JOUKAL Marek

Year of publication 2020
Type Article in Periodical
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
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.

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