“A Study Pattern of Medico-legal Cases Treated at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Central Karnataka”

Siddappa, Santhosh Chandrappa; Datta, Anupam

doi:10.5958/2394-6776.2015.00002.8

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“…9,10,11 In the index study, the highest number of cases were observed in the age range of 21-30 years. This is in keeping with reports by Saxena et al, 4 Yatoo et al, 5 Paranitharan et al, 6 Dileep Kumar et al, 7 and Siddap et al 8 and can be attributed to the activity-prone nature of this age group and therefore the greater likelihood of their involvement in outdoor activities with consequent increased risk of injuries. Majority of injuries (68.03%) resulted from physical assault which is a far cry from earlier reports by Saxena et al, 4 Yatoo et al, 5 Paranitharan et al, 6 Dileep Kumar et al, 7 and Siddap et al 8 all of which indicted RTA as the most common culprit.…”

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“…The discrepancy is relatively small when compared to the overwhelming male predominance reported by Saxena et al, 4 Yatoo et al, 5 Paranitharan et al, 6 Dileep Kumar et al, 7 and Siddap et al 8 Sri Lanka. Our observation may reflect a changing role of the female gender in the urban society with more women being involved in breadwinning role and outdoor activities; and therefore increasing rate of exposure to different forms of injuries.…”

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Medicolegal Cases in An Urban City in South Southern Nigeria; A Hospital-Based Study

Jude¹,

Charles²

2017

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Medicolegal Cases in An Urban City in South Southern Nigeria; A Hospital-Based Study

Jude¹,

Charles²

2017

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“…The social, demographic and epidemiological transition due to rapid urbanization, mechanization and industrialization has augmented the frequency of such cases. 4 …”

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“… 3 A medico legal case is a case of injury or illness where the attending doctor after obtaining history and examining the patient, considers that some investigation by law enforcement agencies is essential to establish and secure responsibility for the case. 4 Medico legal cases form a major component of emergencies brought to casualty department of all teaching hospitals, which is mainstay to deal with all such cases. 5 The provision of legal and medical services to such cases constitutes substantial proportion of workload in these hospitals.…”

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An analysis of 3105 Medico Legal Cases at Tertiary Care Hospital, Rawalpindi

Malik¹,

Atif²,

Rashid³

et al. 2017

Pak J Med Sci

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Background and Objectives:Medico legal cases are essential component of medical practice and comprise most important constituent of emergencies. The reporting of such cases is imperative to recognize theirsocioeconomic burden on any country. The present study was conducted to scrutinize different categories of medico legal cases and characteristics of the victims at casualty department oftertiary care hospital Rawalpindi. The objective of the study was to find out the frequency ofvarious categories of medico legal cases and major characteristics ofvictims at tertiary care hospital, Rawalpindi.Methods:This was a cross-sectional study on 3105 registered cases in medico legal record of the casualty department of Benazir Bhutto hospital, Rawalpindi from January 2015 to December 2015. The hospital is located on the main road in densely populated central area of the city. The data wascollected on age, sex, month-wise distribution of various medico legal cases, weapon inflicting the injury, blunt trauma or physical assault, firearm injuries and road traffic accidents. The data thus obtained was analyzed using SPSS; observations were presented in tables and graphs.Results:Out of all 3105 registered medico legal cases, reported cases caused by Road Traffic Accident 1230 (40%) followed by blunt injury or physical assault 966 (32%) cases, 19% by sharp weapons, 5% by poisoning, and 4% by firearm injuries. In our study out of 3105 cases, almost three quarter of victims (73%) were below 30 years of age, with a decreasing frequency beyond this age, males were predominantly inflicted 2516(81%) as compared to females 589 (19%). The reported road traffic accidents cases from urban areas were high (74%) as compared to those from rural locality (37%). In cases of blunt trauma, sharp weapon injuries and firearm injuries, there was a huge preponderance of victims from rural areas (65%), (62%) and 61% respectively, with urban cases constituting less.Conclusion:Road traffic injuries are one of the foremost causes of medico legal cases followed by blunt trauma and sharp weapon injuries. The emerging medico legal cases are neglected epidemic in most of the developing countries comprising a considerable public health problem.

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“…This may be due to the aggressive behavior, prevalent outdoor activities, more active lifestyle in the society and inclined to engage in riskier behavior 12 . Self-inflicted injuries were seen equally in both females and males.…”

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Medico-legal interpretation of casualties presenting with trauma to a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka

Fernando

Lakma

Ranasinghe

et al. 2020

Sri Lanka J Forensic Med, Sci & Law

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Background Even though traumatic injuries are the leading cause of hospitalization in Sri Lanka, demographic profile, causes, and severity of injuries sustained have not been reported. This data will be of assistance to policy makers in the effective prevention of violence and health care costs Results Of the 626 casualties, 535 (85.5 %) were due to assault, and 72 % of them were assaulted with a blunt weapon. Of the assaults, 75 % were in the 20-49year age group and 53.5 % occurred between 4 pm and 10 pm. Of 55 (8 %) casualties with accidental injuries, 38.2 % were caused by falls and 38.2 % by burns. Of 18 (2.9 %) child abuse cases, 61.1 % were sexually abused. The highest frequency of, both, assaults and accidents was between 6 pm and 8 pm, while all instances of child abuse occurred between 8 am and 8 pm. Abrasions were seen in 45.4 %, contusions in 40.7 %, lacerations in 29.2 % and fractures in 21.6 %, while 12.3 % did not have any injuries. Injuries sustained were non-grievous in 65.5 %, grievous in 30.7 %, endangering life in 1.4 % and fatal in the ordinary course of nature in 2.4 %. Conclusion Being aware of the types, weapons, time of day, age and sex of victims, subjected to violence will be beneficial to reduce these and thereby reduce the economic, physical and psychological burden to the country.

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“A Study Pattern of Medico-legal Cases Treated at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Central Karnataka”

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Medicolegal Cases in An Urban City in South Southern Nigeria; A Hospital-Based Study

Medicolegal Cases in An Urban City in South Southern Nigeria; A Hospital-Based Study

An analysis of 3105 Medico Legal Cases at Tertiary Care Hospital, Rawalpindi

Medico-legal interpretation of casualties presenting with trauma to a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka

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