Pattern of Autopsies Conducted at Tertiary Care Centre, IGIMS Patna: A Retrospective Study
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research Professionals - Year 2018, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
Objectives: To study the pattern of autopsies conducted in Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS), Patna in its initial first two years of commencement. Methods: In this retrospective study, autopsies for age analysis, gender distribution, time since death, residential status, manner and cause of death were determined. Results: Total 194 autopsies were conducted between 19thApril 2015 to 18thApril 2017, of which documents of 117 autopsies were analysed. Most (86.32%) of the dead bodies were of males. Of the affected victims, mostly (56.41%) were of urban residential status. Most common cause of death remained road traffic accidents (46.15%). The 2nd most common cause of death was use of suspected poison (11.97%). Most of the victims belong to more than 40 years of age (35.90%). Conclusions: Autopsy helps in dispensation of justice in homicidal, suicidal as well as in accidental cases. It may help in revealing diagnostic errors, missed diagnosis etc. It also helps the Government for framing policies to control violence in the community as well as to reduce the burden of Road Traffic Accident cases which is responsible for claiming highest number of casualities.
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Aman Kumar, Nikhil Goel, Mukesh Prasad, Pinki Kumari
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