Background: The Trauma and road accident is considered as major cause mortality in the young adults’ populations around the world. The understanding the importance of forensic investigation of un-natural deaths, accidental injuries and suicidal cases is required by medical staff and patients’ family members. Objective: To asses of mortality pattern based on autopsy in victims of road traffic accident Study Design: Retrospective study Place and Duration of the Study: Medicolegal Section of Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad, Pakistan from 1st January 2018 to 31st December 2019. Methodology: Six hundred and twenty nine autopsies were included. Deaths due to road traffic accident were included. Results: There were 472 males and 157 females between 31 to 50 years. Two hundred and forty nine patients were admitted in ICU. Two hundred and fourteen patients had affected head region followed by face 104 injuries. While 74 had affected neck, 67 affected thorax, 63 affected abdominal region, 52 affected spine and 55 had affected lower extremities.173 were died due to damage of central nervous system. The damages were due to car accident was 62, motorbike 73, rickshaw 22 and other reasons 14. One hundred and forty patients were died due to fracture of skull. Conclusion: The mortalities rates are under reported in majority of accidental cases due to lacking of autopsies procedures. Keywords: Autopsy, Assessment, Mortality pattern, Road traffic accident
Background: The clinical autopsy is a common term used to help in the identification of person’s clinical conditions and causes of deaths, however, the autopsy plays a vital role in the justice and jurisprudence. Objective: To determine the knowledge, beliefs and understanding of medical students regarding the autopsy Study Design: Descriptive, cross-sectional study Place and Duration of Study: Peoples University of Medical & Health Sciences for Women (PUMHSW) Nawabshah (SBA) Sindh Pakistan from 1st March 2021 to 31st August 2021. Methodology: Four hundred and twenty eight female students of 3rd year and 4th year were enrolled. The students were recruited based on random sampling method. Results: There were 221 students between 23 to 24 years followed by 207 students between 20 to 22 years. One hundred and sixty five were attended 3 autopsies. Autopsy is necessary for all unnatural death and the responses were 327 yes and 101 were no. Education of autopsy is mandatory for the career and the responses were 146 yes and 282 were no understanding, videos are helpful for autopsies and the responses were 178 yes and 250 were no. Conclusion: The autopsies and experiences regarding the autopsies was integral part of medical curriculum. The studies of autopsies are helpful to understand the human anatomy and reasons of deaths. The students’ perceptions supported the medical autopsies as important part of curriculum and teaching particular anatomy of human subjects. Key words: Knowledge, Attitude, Perceptions, Autopsy
Objective: To assess the medicolegal causes of asphyxial deaths in tertiary care hospital of Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. Study Design: Descriptive, observational and retrospective Place and Duration of Study: Medicolegal Section of Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad from 1st January 2015 to 31st December 2019. Methodology: Two hundred and nineteen patients were retrieved and died due to other reasons were excluded from the study while no any patient’s age and gender restrictions. Results: There were 157 males and 62 females. Sixty six patients of asphyxial belonged to age 39-48 years. Among 74 patients of suffocation, 51 patients were males and 23 were females. There are 5 reported reasons of asphyxial deaths. Out of 45 hanging patients, 5 patients belonged to 18-28 years, 8 patients belonged to 29-38 years, 9 patients belonged to 39-48 years, 6 patients belong to 49-58 years and 15 patients belonged to ≥59 59 years. Conclusion: Male is the most vulnerable victim of the violent asphyxial deaths. The major contribution in the suicidal deaths is dominant by the hanging and strangulations. The manner of deaths indicates the frustrations and carelessness of the majority of the population. The social awareness and hopefulness contributed by the awareness sessions and education on Individual levels is encouraged for such cases. Keywords: Asphyxial, Post-mortem, Medicolegal causes
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