Profile of Chest Trauma in a Referral Hospital: A Five-Year Experience

Iyer, Raju S; Manoj, Padmanabhan; Jain, R.K.; Venkatesh, Prasad; Dilip, Dronamraju

doi:10.1177/021849239900700212

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“…In the present study, out of 100 cases, the maximum cases (42%) of blunt chest injuries were detected in the age group of 21 -30 years and 24% cases were of the age group of 31-40. after that in the age group of 31 -40, 24 cases (24%). Similar finding was observed in the studies conducted by Raju S Iyer 15 , A.L. Ghangale 16 , R.V.…”

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Study on Chest Injuries Due to Blunt Object in Road Accident

Katte¹,

Rajaput

Gilani³

et al. 2023

Int J Life Sci Pharm Res

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In India, people use local transport for travel. Since accidents prevail in these developing countries, India is not exceptional. The number of vehicle increases daily, and road accident occurs every two minutes. Chest injuries are widespread during accidental cases. This significantly contributed to the trauma during unintentional cases. Trauma generally affects young adults. Based on the above facts, the present study aims to determine the pathologies associated with chest injuries due to blunt objects in road accidents and to assess the blunt chest injuries among accident victims traveling in different road transportation modes and furthermore, to observe the injury pattern and its correlation with the victim's position during the road traffic accident. The study was carried out in the Branch of FMT, Raj Rajeswari Medical College and Hospital Bangalore. Data were collected from 100 cases of death caused by a road traffic accident that was presented for medico-legal post-mortem at the mortuary in the FMT department from December 2013 to May 2015. The study reports the maximum number (42%) of chest injuries occurred between the age group of 21-30 years, followed by 24% in the age group 31 – 40, with a maximum (62%) accidental cases in two-wheeler riders. The result showed that 48% of patients had rib fractures, 12% vertebral fractures, 10% sternum fractures, and 4% clavicle fractures during accidental cases, with haemothorax in 56% of cases. The result also showed that death was due to shock and hemorrhage in 92 patients and 6% due to coma. Specific injury prevention programs focusing on road safety should be implemented to limit and control the incidence of such injuries in light of our results.

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Section: The Age Profile Of the Victimssupporting

confidence: 90%

Study on Chest Injuries Due to Blunt Object in Road Accident

Katte¹,

Rajaput

Gilani³

et al. 2023

Int J Life Sci Pharm Res

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“…9,10 This finding on sex distribution, mean age, and age range were in keeping with other findings. 5,8,11 The implication of this is depletion of the productive workforce required even more in developing societies. As authors observed, it is now generally agreed that the majority of chest injured patients (98.2%) require no more than tube thoracostomy for adequate management reserving thoracotomy for those patients with significant hemorrhage or for patients who are hemodynamically unstable, with proven surgical pathologies.…”

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Profile of chest injuries in a tertiary care centre

Jegoda¹

2020

Int Surg J

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Background: Trauma is a major cause of mortality worldwide. This study is aimed at the patterns of chest trauma, their presentation and the outcome of management.Methods: A prospective study of trauma patients admitted to a tertiary care centre was carried out the clinical history, physical examination and outcome of management recorded in a predesigned proforma were analysed with SPSS 15 and the patients were followed up in the surgical department.Results: A total of 638 patients were admitted. 57 patents were identified with chest trauma, 43 (75%) were males and 14 (24.56%) were females. The age range was from 3-78 years and the most affected age was in the range of 20 to 39 years. Blunt injury constituted 82.4% while road traffic accident was responsible for 70.1%. The average time taken between accident and admission was 11 hours 12 minutes while the average duration of hospital stay was 11 days. The injury pattern mainly included rib fracture and hemopneumothorax. The mortality rate was 1.75%.Conclusions: Most patients arriving at the hospital survived, requiring general resuscitation or simple tube thoracostomy with few complications. Mortalities from trauma and cause of death at the site of accident are often not accounted for due to non-presentation to the hospital and lack of autopsy for those who present.

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“…It means among the three pods of life (Tripod), two pods are present in this cavity. [3] The cause responsible for injuries during RTA are usually physical factor like collision between victims and the external environment and acceleration or deceleration forces acting on victim's internal organs.…”

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Pattern of Fatal Chest Injury Due to Road Traffic Accidents in Bihar State

Deepmala¹,

Bhushan²,

Kumar³

et al. 2016

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Bihar is relatively a backward state of India where deaths due to chest injuries in road traffic accidents are very common. Deaths due to chest injuries could be more preventable and treatable than head injuries due to road traffic accidents. OBJECTIVEThe main objective of our study is to give emphasis on various aspect of deaths due to chest trauma in road traffic accidents, so that policies could be made by lawmakers to prevent these deaths and also to enrich the knowledge of clinicians about various reasons of death of traffic chest trauma victims. MATERIAL AND METHODThis is a prospective study, consists of 201 fatal chest trauma cases due to road traffic accident, brought for medico-legal autopsies to the mortuary of NMCH, Patna, between August 2011 and July 2013. The data were analysed in tabular form and percentage method. RESULTSThe study revealed that most of the traffic fatal chest trauma cases were pedestrians (67.2%), male (92%) and were of productive age group of life (37% between 31 and 45 years' age group). Majority of the accidents took place on highways (62.7%) in winter season (29.35%) and victims died on spot (72.5%). Shock and Haemorrhage (84.5%) was the most common cause of death, while fatal chest injuries generally combined with abdominal injuries (51.3%) also. Liver (50%) and Spleen (28.3%) were also injured in some victims. Contusions (42.7%), Rib fracture (61.2%) and Haemothorax (89%) were the other common findings in fatal chest trauma victims due to Road Traffic Accident (RTA). CONCLUSIONSOn the basis of this study, we can highlight various aspects of deaths due to chest trauma in road traffic accidents and accordingly the need to deploy the "Quick response teams" on highways and "Hi-Tech Trauma Centre" at district head-quarters can be justified to reduce the mortality in such cases.

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Profile of Chest Trauma in a Referral Hospital: A Five-Year Experience

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Study on Chest Injuries Due to Blunt Object in Road Accident

Study on Chest Injuries Due to Blunt Object in Road Accident

Profile of chest injuries in a tertiary care centre

Pattern of Fatal Chest Injury Due to Road Traffic Accidents in Bihar State

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