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Braun CT, Ricklin ME, Pauli A, et al. Death after Sexual Intercourse. Case Rep Emerg Med. 2015;2015:646438doi: 10.1155/2015/646438.
Braun, C. T., Ricklin, M. E., Pauli, A., Ott, D., Exadaktylos, A. K., & Pfortmueller, C. A. (2015). Death after Sexual Intercourse. Case reports in emergency medicine, 2015646438. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/646438
Braun, Christian T, et al. "Death after Sexual Intercourse." Case reports in emergency medicine vol. 2015 (2015): 646438. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/646438
Braun CT, Ricklin ME, Pauli A, Ott D, Exadaktylos AK, Pfortmueller CA. Death after Sexual Intercourse. Case Rep Emerg Med. 2015;2015:646438. doi: 10.1155/2015/646438. Epub 2015 Dec 01. PMID: 26697238; PMCID: PMC4678062.
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Case Rep Emerg Med. 2015;2015:646438. doi: 10.1155/2015/646438. Epub 2015 Dec 01.

Death after Sexual Intercourse.

Case reports in emergency medicine

Christian T Braun, Meret E Ricklin, Andreina Pauli, Daniel Ott, Aristomenis K Exadaktylos, Carmen A Pfortmueller

Affiliations

  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Freiburgstrasse 10, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.
  2. University Institute of Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Freiburgstrasse 10, 3010 Bern, Switzerland.
  3. Department of Emergency Medicine, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Freiburgstrasse 10, 3010 Bern, Switzerland ; Department of General Anesthesiology, Intensive Care and Pain Management, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringerguertel 18-22, 1090 Vienna, Austria.

PMID: 26697238 PMCID: PMC4678062 DOI: 10.1155/2015/646438

Abstract

Sexuality is an essential aspect of quality of life. Nevertheless, sexual intercourse is physically challenging and leads to distinct changes in blood pressure, heart, and respiratory rate that may lead to vital complications. We present a case report of a 22-year-old female suffering from subarachnoid hemorrhage after sexual intercourse. The patient was immediately transported to hospital by emergency medical services and, after diagnosis, transferred to a tertiary hospital with neurosurgical expertise but died within 24 hours. After postcoital headaches, subarachnoid hemorrhage is the second most common cause of neurological complications of sexual intercourse and therefore patients admitted to an emergency department with headache after sexual intercourse should always be carefully evaluated by cerebral imaging.

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