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Pattern of Injuries among Deceased Reported at Hospitals in Chandigarh, India


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1 Department of Forensic Medicine, Chintpurni Medical College and Hospital, Pathankot, Punjab, India
2 Department of Forensic Medicine, Santosh Medical College and Hospital, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
3 Department of Forensic Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector-32, Chandigarh, India
4 Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector-32, Chandigarh, India
5 Department of Radiodiagnosis, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector-32, Chandigarh, India
     

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Brain tissue injury and the intracranial hemorrhage due to skull fracture are the known conditions among accident victims that potentially threaten the human life. Location and type of injury/ hemorrhage for brain determines the state of health or death.

Objective: To study the type and pattern of skull fracture, intracranial hemorrhage and brain tissue injury among accident deceased at hospitals, Chandigarh, India.

Study design: Hospital based cross-sectional study.

Method and Procedures: Post-mortem of the deceased. Results: Road traffic injury (RTI) was observed among 78 of total 87 studied deceased. Head injury with skull fracture found to be associated with road traffic accident (92.8%) among total 87 deceased. Linear fracture involving frontal and parietal bone of skull was common (36.7%). Intracranial hemorrhage (Subdural; 43.1%: Extradural; 31.9%: Subarachnoid; 19.4%: Intacerebral; 5.6%), contusion and edema were commonly associated observations.

Conclusion: Intracranial hemorrhage is most common associated finding and possible reason for death among deceased due to head injury, being RTI is most common cause for head injury.


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Road Traffic Injury, Skull Fracture, Hemorrhage
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Authors

Vikram Bains
Department of Forensic Medicine, Chintpurni Medical College and Hospital, Pathankot, Punjab, India
Baldev Raj Sharma
Department of Forensic Medicine, Santosh Medical College and Hospital, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Dasari Harish
Department of Forensic Medicine, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector-32, Chandigarh, India
A. K. Attri
Department of General Surgery, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector-32, Chandigarh, India
Suman Kocchar
Department of Radiodiagnosis, Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector-32, Chandigarh, India

Abstract


Brain tissue injury and the intracranial hemorrhage due to skull fracture are the known conditions among accident victims that potentially threaten the human life. Location and type of injury/ hemorrhage for brain determines the state of health or death.

Objective: To study the type and pattern of skull fracture, intracranial hemorrhage and brain tissue injury among accident deceased at hospitals, Chandigarh, India.

Study design: Hospital based cross-sectional study.

Method and Procedures: Post-mortem of the deceased. Results: Road traffic injury (RTI) was observed among 78 of total 87 studied deceased. Head injury with skull fracture found to be associated with road traffic accident (92.8%) among total 87 deceased. Linear fracture involving frontal and parietal bone of skull was common (36.7%). Intracranial hemorrhage (Subdural; 43.1%: Extradural; 31.9%: Subarachnoid; 19.4%: Intacerebral; 5.6%), contusion and edema were commonly associated observations.

Conclusion: Intracranial hemorrhage is most common associated finding and possible reason for death among deceased due to head injury, being RTI is most common cause for head injury.


Keywords


Road Traffic Injury, Skull Fracture, Hemorrhage

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