Autopsy Based Prospective Study About Pattern of Head Injuries in Deceased of Road Traffic Accidents at Central India (Indore) Region
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https://doi.org/10.48165/jiafm.2024.46.1.7Keywords:
Road traffic accidents, Two-wheelers, Hospitalisation, FractureAbstract
Head injury is one of the most dreaded injuries which has more than one modalities and a spectrum of consequences, death being the most dreaded closely followed by disability. Head injuries may be accidental, homicidal or suicidal in nature. Among the aforementioned manners of death, accidental deaths have constituted as the most common manner of death. Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death globally and the principal case of death in the age group of 15-49 years. Two-wheelers were the most commonly involved vehicles 1 in Road traffic accidents. Majority of the two wheeler users were not using helmets. Scalp injuries in the form of contusions were the most common. Linear type of fracture was the most common among the victims of RTA. Subdural haemorrhage along with subarachnoid haemorrhage was the most common type of intracranial haemorrhage observed among the victims.
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