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POSTMORTEM STUDY OF BRAIN INJURY IN ROAD ACCIDENT IN LUCKNOW

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Aditi Awasthi1* , Gunjan Awasthi2 , Dr. Amanjot Singh3 , Anoop Verma
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.si5a.0413

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Study was conducted at KGMU Morgue among 121 postmortem cases of road accident victims over a period of 1 year. The objectives of this study were to know incidence of Brain injury among vehicular accidents, characteristics of victims eg age, sex , involved vehicle, circumstance of accidents .In this study only those postmortem cases were observed that reached morgue after accident. The criteria for exclusion were decomposed bodies, unknown, natural diseases, admitted cases and fatality due to other body parts.Out of 121 cases 88.42% were male and 11.57% were female. The highest incidence of RTA was observed in the age group of 21-30 years. Among the two wheelers 99.22% had not used helmet. The highest number of victims were of two wheelers.(46.34%). 100% injury to brain. Most of the victims had subdural haemorrhage 85.95%

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