scholarly journals Retrospective Study on Suicidal Cases at Sir Salimullah Medical College Morgue House in the Year 2008

1970 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-51
Author(s):  
Tejendra Chandra Das ◽  
Mostaque Rahim ◽  
Md Nazmul Hoq ◽  
Mosahef Uddin Ahmed ◽  
Sharmin Yasmin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
Young Females ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Unnatural Death ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
The World

Suicide is one of the commonest causes of unnatural death in the world. The number of suicide is increasing over the period of time. Our research focused on a number of factors associated with the occurrence of suicide, these includes- age, gender, religion, cause of death, modes of death. A total of 95 cases of suicide were studied in Sir Salimullah Medical College morgue house in the year 2008. The victims were composed of 33 males (34%) & 62 females (66%) and the age group of 21-30 years was the most common, which indicates occurrence of suicide is more common in young females. Of 95 cases, the most common cause of death was due to asphyxia, 88 cases (92%). Other cases include respiratory failure- 3 cases (3%), hemorrhage & shock- 4 cases (5%). In the discrimination of cause of death, we obtained information on victims & witness as well as investigating the scene & post mortem examination of the victim.   DOI: 10.3329/bmj.v37i2.3593 Bangladesh Medical Journal 37(2) 2008 50-51

Autopsy Analysis of Suicidal Hanging Cases in Sylhet

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (Number 1) ◽  
pp. 39-43
Author(s):  
Tasnuva Aziz Munalisa ◽  
Md. Shamsul Islam ◽  
Md. Abdul Hye Minar ◽  
Tahmina Islam ◽  
Kanta Deb ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Subcutaneous Tissue ◽  
Causative Factor ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
Police Station ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Unnatural Death ◽  
The World ◽  
Post Mortem Findings

Background:Suicide is one of the leading cause of unnatural death in the world. The frequency of suicidal hanging is dramatically increasing over the period of time in Bangladesh. Methods:Anautopsy reports based retrospective study carried out in the Department of Forensic Medicine of Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College to analysis of suicidal hanging cases during the study period January 2017 to December 2018. After reviewing all postmortem reports, 230 cases of death were found due to suicidal hanging casesduring the study period. Results:The highest number of the victims 76(33.04%) were from the age group 10-19 years, followed by 61(26.52%) from 20-29 years and 126(54.78%) were female. Most of the dead bodies 38(16.52%) were brought from Gowainghat police station and majority victims 32(13.91%) locality were also in Gowainghat. The commonest autopsy findings were skin and subcutaneous tissue underneath the ligature mark found pale, white, hard, glistening 225(97.83%) and cyanosis 208(90.43%). The most common cause of deathin post mortem findings was asphyxia 213(92.61%). Conclusion: A well intended and inclusive programme is needed to reduce the frequency of suicidal hanging, which will ascertain the causative factor and helps incontrol and prevention.

scholarly journals PATTERN OF MEDICOLEGAL AUTOPSIES CONDUCTED AT TIRUPATI, ANDHRA PRADESH: A 3-YEAR RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

2021 ◽  
pp. 123-125
Author(s):  
K. JYOTI PRASAD ◽  
B. VENKATESULU ◽  
M. ABDUL KHALID
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Manner Of Death ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
Medical College

Objectives: Death of an individual is a grave loss to the family and community at large. Death may be natural or unnatural. Analysis of unnatural deaths helps in understanding the causes, manner, and modes of deaths, thereby formulate and implement a proper policy to reduce incidence. Methods: This is a retrospective study of autopsies conducted over 3 years (2018–2020) in the mortuary of Sri Venkateshwara Medical College, Tirupati. During this period, 2579 autopsies were performed. Required data were collected from the requisitions of police, inquest reports, case sheets, medicolegal register, and postmortem reports in a preformed pro forma. Results: Out of the 2579 cases, majority were in the age group of 21–30 years (34.62%) followed by 41–50 years (18.06%). Male-to-female ratio was 2.5:1. Majority were Hindus (83.52%) and most of the subjects belonged to the rural areas (62.89%). Majority were married (78.40%). The most common cause of death was road traffic accident (48.04%) followed by poisoning (15.82%). Accidental deaths were the most common manner of death (60.56%) followed by suicides (33.96%). Conclusion: The present study reveals that the most cases were in 21–30 years age group. Males outnumbered females and the subjects were mostly married and were from rural areas. Road traffic accidents were common cause of death in males and poisoning was the common cause of death in females.

Diagnosis and assessment of stroke

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Candice Delcourt ◽  
Craig Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Heart Disease ◽  
Ischaemic Stroke ◽  
Ischaemic Heart Disease ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Physical Disability ◽  
Early Phase ◽  
Haemorrhagic Stroke ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

Approximately 20 million strokes occur in the world each year and over one-quarter of these are fatal. This makes stroke the second most common cause of death, after ischaemic heart disease, and strokes are responsible for 6 million deaths (almost 10% of all deaths) annually. Stroke has major consequences in terms of residual physical disability, depression, dementia, epilepsy, and carer burden. Moreover, around 20% of survivors experience a further stroke or serious vascular event within a few years of the index event. Ischaemic stroke contributes the greatest share of the impact of stroke, with a rate of approximately 1 in 1000 person-years and accounting for between 60% (in Asia) and 90% (in Western ‘white’ populations) of all strokes around the world. Diagnosis and assessment are essentially clinical and confirmed by CT or MRI scanning. Prognostication is difficult in the early phase of haemorrhagic stroke and in ischaemic stroke is affected by the availability and timely use of treatments to recanalize the occluded vessel.

scholarly journals Mortuary Profile for Unnatural Deaths at Forensic Medicine Department of Dhaka Medical College

1970 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostaque Rahim ◽  
TC Das
Keyword(s):  
Medical Journal ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Forensic Medicine ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
Frequency Pattern ◽  
Medicine Department ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Unnatural Death ◽  
Different Types

Death is unnatural when caused permaturely against the order of nature by injury, position or other means of violence. Data on unnatural deaths may reflect the law and order situation in a particular area of jurisdiction. This study is concerned with pattern of unnatural deaths in Dhaka Medical College mortuary during 1996. We found 1725 (97%) cases of unnatural deaths by analyzing 1772 cases of deaths. Data gives 18.37% increment in unnatural deaths 77.28% was males and 22.71% females. The frequency pattern of unnatural deaths were 68.92% RTAs, 11.69% homicide, 08.00% suicide and 2.80 natural. Burn, electrocution and others comprise the rest 11.565 unnatural deaths. Males suffer 3.4X more unnatural deaths than females. But RTAs males were 5.31X, in homicide 11.40X, in suicide 1.70X respectively than females. In hanging, female were predominant (1.72X of male deaths). 21-40 years is the age group showing peak frequencies on different types of unnatural deaths though hanging showed peak on 11-20 years. Besides, 95.47% of the unnatural deaths were the Muslims, 4.25% were Hindu and .14% was Christians. Firearms were used in 29.40% cases, blunt weapon in 38.46% cases and sharp cutting weapon in 31.60% cases of homicides respectively. Key words: Unnatural Death, RTA, Homicide   DOI: 10.3329/bmj.v38i2.3572 Bangladesh Medical Journal 38(2) 2009 44-47

scholarly journals Study of the pattern and management of blunt chest injuries in rural setup

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (10) ◽  
pp. 3482
Author(s):  
Kuldeep Sharma ◽  
Sushrut Pradeep Tated ◽  
Ashish Ashokrao Hatkar
Keyword(s):  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Chest Trauma ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Radiological Findings ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
Chest Injuries ◽  
The Common ◽  
Two Wheeler

Background: Trauma is recognized as a serious public health problem. In fact, it is the leading cause of death and disability in the first four decades of life and is the third most common cause of death overall. Trauma may lead to short or long-term disability. Objective was to study the pattern of chest injuries with resultant underlying damage, in rural set up.Methods: The present study was carried out among 500 cases of age group 15 to 75 years, all religions and both sexes. All patients received in the Emergency Room (ER/Casualty) were immediately attended and history, primary survey and resuscitation were done simultaneously. X ray chest-erect position was taken and subsequent management either operative or non-operative was done according to clinic-radiological findings. After discharge, patients were followed on OPD basis till the time they return to the normal activity.Results: Majority of patients (31%) were from 55 to 65 years of age group and were male (64.2%). Vehicular accident was the commonest (56.8 %) cause of injury. Vehicular accidents were the most common cause of chest injuries. In vehicular accidents two-wheeler riders were the common victims (55.28%). Assault was 2nd most common mode of injury. Among those patients who sustained chest trauma had average VAS 6 (49.2%) followed by 4 (45%). Majority of patient were treated conservatively (93.6%).Conclusions: The most active age group and males were affected with commonly vehicular accidents. They mainly suffered chest injuries. 

scholarly journals Prevalence of Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis in Different Age Groups: A Post-Mortem Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-23
Author(s):  
Nasir Uddin Ahmed ◽  
Suranjit Kumar Saha ◽  
Kamal Uddin Ahmed ◽  
Gias Uddin Ahmed ◽  
Syed Golam Kibria
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Left Coronary Artery ◽  
Histopathological Examination ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Younger Age ◽  
Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis

Coronary artery atherosclerosis (CAA) leads to ischemic heart disease and that is the most common cause of cardiac deaths worldwide. The incidence is more among the elderly people, but now gradually increasing among the young. The study was done to evaluate the prevalence of CAA in different age group by post-mortem study. An observational study was conducted in the department of Pathology of Faridpur Medical College (FMC). In this study total 53 postmortem histopathological examination of heart were done and analyzed, of them 37 were male and 16 were female. Among all, CAA was found in 8 cases and all were male. Regarding age, 4(50%) cases were in the age group from 41 to 50 years, 3 cases were in age of above 60 years and one case was in the age group from 51 to 60 years. Left CAA was observed in 6(75%) cases, both right and left CAA was found in remaining 2(25%) cases but none was found to involve only right coronary artery. Lowest age of involvement of CAA was 42 years that involved left coronary artery. This study shows that the prevalence of CAA is increasing among the younger age group. Faridpur Med. Coll. J. Jan 2020;15(1): 21-23

Association of TBXA2R, P2Y12 and ADD1 genes polymorphisms with ischemic stroke susceptibility: A metaanalysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. E33-43
Author(s):  
Xuesong Liang ◽  
You Zhou ◽  
Shuoxi Li
Keyword(s):  
Ischemic Stroke ◽  
Linear Regression ◽  
Publication Bias ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Genetic Models ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
Funnel Plot ◽  
The World ◽  
College Station

Background: Ischemic stroke is a common cause of death and disability throughout the world. We aimed to evaluate the association between polymorphisms in TBXA2R (rs4523, rs768963, rs1131882), P2Y12 (rs204693), ADD1 (rs4961) and risk of ischemic stroke. Methods: A comprehensive retrieval with the databases of Pubmed, Embase, CENTRAL, CNKI and Wan fang data was conducted. The deadline was February 1, 2019. Pooled ORs and 95% CIs were calculated by using the Z-test. Heterogeneity between the included studies was tested using the I2 method. Begg’s funnel plot and Egger’s linear regression were used to evaluate the publication bias. Software STATA 12.0 (StataCorp, College Station, TX, USA) was used for the meta-analysis and 26 studies with 5,776 cases and 8,025 controls were included. Results: The results indicated significantly higher risk of ischemic stroke associated with TBXA2R variant rs768963 in all genetic models (C vs T: OR=1.27, 95% CI=1.13-1.42, P

scholarly journals Hanging as a Method of Suicide: Retrospective Analysis of Postmortem Cases

1970 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Ahmad ◽  
MZ Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Retrospective Study ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Retrospective Analysis ◽  
Present Situation ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Government Medical College ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Proper Method

This retrospective study was conducted on 145 postmortem cases of hanging victims at government medical college morgue over a period of two years. The objective of this study was to find out the pattern of hanging cases as a proper method of suicide and to evaluate the present situation of hanging in this capital city. Out of 145 cases, 41% were male and 51% were married. One hundred and one victims hanged themselves at night, while 44 at day time. In 72 victims, stomachs were found empty. Most (97%) of the bodies were recovered from inside the living rooms. Ninety seven percent had complete suspension. One hundred and forty two (98%) cases had ligature mark in neck. Thirty nine cases had fracture of hyoid bones, 27 cases had fracture of thyroid cartilages. Most of the victims (45%) were from the age group 20- 30 years. Dopatta (orna) was the commonest (35%) ligature material. Quarrel among husband and wife was the commonest (31%) cause of suicidal hanging. Hanging was observed as a frequently used method of suicide in Bangladesh. Key words: Hanging, suicide; post mortem DOI: 10.3329/jafmc.v6i2.7273JAFMC Bangladesh. Vol 6, No 2 (December) 2010 pp.37-39

Diaphragmatic Pathology: A cause of clinically unexplained death in the perinatal/paediatric age group

2005 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Sundararajan ◽  
N S Ostojic ◽  
D I Rushton ◽  
P M Cox ◽  
P Acland
Keyword(s):  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Respiratory Arrest ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Unexpected Death ◽  
Unexplained Death ◽  
Infancy And Childhood ◽  
Paediatric Age ◽  
Significant Pathology ◽  
Underlying Cause Of Death

Sudden unexpected death in infancy and childhood requires a `full' post-mortem investigation. Guidance from the Royal College of Pathologists recommends sampling of all the major organs. However, the diaphragm does not feature in this or in most lists of routine histology. Our aim is to emphasize the importance of sampling the diaphragm for histological examination during autopsy. We describe three autopsy cases of clinically unexplained death in the perinatal and paediatric age group that showed significant pathology of the diaphragm. In Case 1, a previously healthy five-year-old girl collapsed suddenly and died four days later. In Case 2, an eight-month-old infant had repeated episodes of respiratory arrest that culminated in death. Autopsy demonstrated a predominantly diaphragmatic myositis. In Case 3 a female neonate had a respiratory arrest three days after birth and died less than a month later. Autopsy showed multiple large calcified necrotic fibres in the diaphragm. The diaphragm is seldom sampled at autopsy. In the first two cases a predominantly diaphragmatic myositis was either the direct or underlying cause of death. In the third case long-standing diaphragmatic pathology of uncertain cause may have contributed to the original respiratory arrest. Had the diaphragm not been examined histologically, the cause of death would have remained unascertained in these cases. In cases of sudden death in infancy and childhood, failure to reach a diagnosis may lead to undue suspicion falling upon the child's carers. This underscores the need for full histology at post-mortem in child deaths, including diaphragmatic sampling.

scholarly journals Gambaran Sebab Kematian pada Kasus Kematian Tidak Wajar yang Diautopsi di RS Bhayangkara Tingkat III Manado dan RSUP Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou Manado Tahun 2017-2018

e-CliniC ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Charissa P. Ango ◽  
Djemi Tomuka ◽  
Erwin Kristanto
Keyword(s):  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Late Adolescence ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
Unnatural Death ◽  
Death Cases

Abstract: Unnatural deaths are not caused by diseases but by others such as accidents, killings, and suicide. The death of someone which is suspected unnaturally, needs to be found out with certainty about the cause of death through an autopsy by a forensic doctor. This study was aimed to obtain the causes of unnatural death cases autopsied at RS Bhayangkara tingkat III Manado and Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou Hospital Manado in 2017-2018. This was a retrospective and descriptive study using Visum et Repertum data. The results showed 77 cases of unnatural deaths. As many as 45 cases were autopsied in 2017 and 32 cases in 2018. Most victims were male (68 cases), aged 17-25 years (late adolescence; 18 cases). The most common cause of death was sharp violence (45 cases). In conclusion, most autopsy cases of unnatural deaths were performed on males, aged 17-25 years (late adolescence), and sharp violence as the cause of death.Keywords: unnatural death, cause of death, autopsy Abstrak: Kematian tidak wajar adalah kematian yang tidak disebabkan oleh penyakit, seperti kecelakaan, pembunuhan dan bunuh diri. Kematian seseorang yang diduga tidak wajar, perlu dicari tahu secara pasti penyebab kematiannya melalui autopsi oleh dokter forensik. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran sebab kematian pada kasus kematian tidak wajar yang diautopsi di RS Bhayangkara Manado dan RSUP Prof. Dr. R. D. Kandou Manado tahun 2017-2018. Jenis penelitian ialah deskriptif retrospektif menggunakan data hasil Visum et Repertum. Hasil penelitian mendapatkan 77 kasus kematian tidak wajar yang diautopsi, yaitu pada tahun 2017 sebanyak 45 kasus dan pada tahun 2018 sebanyak 32 kasus. Jenis kelamin laki-laki lebih banyak daripada perempuan (68 kasus vs 9 kasus). Usia terbanyak ialah 17-25 tahun (masa remaja akhir) sebanyak 18 kasus. Penyebab kematian terbanyak ialah kekerasan tajam sebanyak 45 kasus. Simpulan penelitian ini ialah sebagian besar kasus kematian tidak wajar yang diautopsi dilakukan pada usia 17-25 tahun (masa remaja akhir), jenis kelamin laki-laki, dengan sebab kematian kekerasan tajam.Kata kunci: kematian tidak wajar, sebab kematian, autopsi

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