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Volume 8 Issue 10 (October, 2020)

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Assessment of head injuries in road traffic accidents- A forensic study
Dr. Satya Prakash Dixit, Dr. Amit Pratap Singh

Background: Head injury (HI) usually accounts for the major proportion of case fatalities in studies that examine the burden of road-traffic injuries (RTI), also known as road-traffic accidents. Hence; under the light of above mentioned data, the present study was undertaken for assessing head injuries in road traffic accidents. Materials & methods: Data of a total of 100 patients was analyzed. Only those patients were included in the present study who was admitted with head injury due to road traffic accident. A Performa was made and complete demographic and clinico-radiographic profile of all the patients was recorded. Brain injury was assessed for its severity based on Glasgow coma scale. All the results were compiled in Microsoft excel sheet and were analyzed by SPSS software. Results: 38 percent of the patients belonged to the age group of 30 to 50 years. 73 percent of the patients were males while the remaining were females. According to Glasgow coma scale, mild injury was seen in 23 percent of the patients while moderate and severe injury was seen in 23 percent and 59 percent of the patients. Loss of consciousness was present in 73 percent of the patients while post-injury vomiting was present in 22 percent of the patients. Conclusion: Brain injuries due to road traffic crashes constitute a significant public health problem with adult male mostly frequently affected by it. Key words: Head injuries, Road traffic accident

 
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