Hanging is a common mode of committing suicide among suicide cases. The death occurs within a few minutes of hanging. In hanging, death is usually due to asphyxia or cerebral anoxia or vagal inhibition leading to cardiac arrest or injury to the spinal cord. Mainly respiratory and neurological complications such as pulmonary or neurogenic edema resulting in post-obstructive pulmonary distress, aspiration pneumonitis, ARDS, seizures, hypotension, neck vessel compression and cerebral hypoxia, and multi-organ failure can arise as fatal complications of hanging. Death in suicidal hanging is secondary to hypoxia and cerebral ischemia due to compression of airway and major blood vessels of the neck caused by ligature applied around the neck and the force of compression is the body weight. This is in contrast to the cause of death in judicial hanging which is usually due to fatal injury to the cervical spine, brain stem, and the larynx. A patient may be saved by aggressive resuscitative measures if rescued within a few minutes of suicidal hanging. A journal is a periodical publication intended to further progress of science, usually by reporting new research. Most journals are highly specialized, although some of the oldest journals publish articles, reviews, editorials, short communications, letters, and scientific papers across a wide range of scientific fields. Journals contain articles that peer-reviewed, in an attempt to ensure that articles meet the journal's standards of quality and scientific validity. Each such journal article becomes part of the permanent scientific record.