scholarly journals Evaluation of Medico-Legal Implications and Other Important Issues in Pedestrians Who Got Admitted to a Tertiary Care Hospital in Colombo District Following Road Traffic Injuries in 2018-2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 7
Author(s):  
H. T. D. W. Ariyarathna
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Road Traffic Injuries ◽  
Legal Implications

scholarly journals Road Traffic Injuries among Children- A Tertiary Care Hospital Based Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saddar Rahim ◽  
Anwar ul Haq ◽  
Shahid Alam ◽  
Farooq Abdullah ◽  
Ibrar Khan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Hospital Data ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Road Traffic Injuries

Background: Pakistan is a developing country, its population comprises of more than 200 million people. Approximately more than1/3rd of Pakistan's population is composed of children. Road traffic injuries (RTIs) among children are the leading causes of deathand disability and the biggest threat to the health of Pakistani children. This study describes the risk factors involved in causation ofRTIs.Objective: To determine the various risk factors/ predisposing factors involved in causation of road traffic injuries among children.Material and Methods: A cross sectional study of 06 months duration was carried out in a tertiary care hospital. Data was collectedfrom all consecutive victims of RTIs presenting to casualty peadiatric surgery unit Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar and recordedon profoma.Results: Total 73 victims of RTIs are incuded in the study of whom 68.5% (n=50) were male. RTIs were common in the age groupof 6-12years and most of the RTIs, 42.5% (n=31) occurred between 8 AM to 2 PM. RTIs were common in pedestrians,unaccompnied children, families with many children, children from urban areas, and in the month of january. Children of illiterate,poor parents and those children whose parents were laborer were commonly found to be involved in RTIs.Conclusions: This study has confirmed that the male children of increasing age with poor and illiterate background are the mostvulnerable to road traffic injuries. Implementation of road safety meassures, education campaigns, traffic rules and regulations,road engineering and safe pedestrian areas along side the roads will help to reduce road traffic injuries among children.

Study to Assess the Autopsy in Relation with Age and Gender in Tertiary Care Hospital of Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 2151-2153
Author(s):  
Aisha Khalid ◽  
Sadia Abdul Qayyum ◽  
Ikram Ahmed Tunio ◽  
Abdul Majeed Memon ◽  
Sono Mal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Road Traffic ◽  
Tertiary Care Hospital ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Firearm Injury ◽  
Relevant Role ◽  
Autopsy Examination ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Diagnostic Technologies

Objective: To assess the autopsy in relation with age and gender in tertiary care hospital of Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. Study Design: Retrospective, observational and non-interventional study Place and Duration of Study: Medicolegal Department of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Hyderabad from 1st January 2017 to 31st December 2018. Methodology: Three hundred and eighty-one patients were enrolled. Results: According to cause of death, 88 (23.10%) were died due to road traffic accident, firearm injury 73 (19.16%) and asphaxial death 70 (18.37%), assault 65 (17.06%), poisoning 37 (9.71%), electric shock 30 (7.87%) and undetermined 18 (4.72%) respectively. Conclusion: The relatable factors such as age and gender with the suicidal cases in results of autopsy examination which plays the most relevant role in the medical practices even after the advancement of diagnostic technologies. Key words: Assess, Autopsy, Age, Gender, Tertiary care hospital

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