Study of Pattern of Thoracoabdominal Injuries in Railway Deaths

Kumar, Sachil; Shobhana, S S

doi:10.5958/0973-9130.2019.00023.9

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“…Similar findings were also reported by Kumar M et al [22] , Naik BV et al [23] , and Satish NT [24] .…”

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The Pattern of Physical Injuries among Victims of Fatal Accidents in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Brinda Patel,

SK Asawa

2021

Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

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Background:The pattern of injuries is unique to the mode of the accident as well as to the causative agent. The objective of the present study was to describe the pattern of injury among victims of a fatal accident and draw a medicolegal conclusion from the pattern of injury. Methods: A total of 145 dead bodies brought for autopsy at the two selected post-mortemcentres were included in the present study. The socio-demographic data like age, sex, religion, occupation as well as the circumstances leading to the death of the individual were gathered from documents and detailed interview of the friends/relatives/eyewitnesses etc.Among study participants, burns were the single largest category of accidents closely followed by road traffic accidents. The brain was the most common internal organ injured and the skull was the most common major bone fractured among the victims. One-fourth of all study participants were dead before being brought to hospital and onethird of all study participants survived for more than 48 hours after the incident. Conclusion: Septicaemic shock and craniocerebral injury were the most common cause of death among study participants.

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“…Similar findings were also reported by Kumar M et al [22] , Naik BV et al [23] , and Satish NT [24] .…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%