Analytical data of March 1993 blast victims--the KEM Hospital experience.

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1993-01-01
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On 13th March 1993 consequent to a series of explosions in the city a large number of casualties were attended to at this hospital. A total of 248 patients were treated for various injuries which included 85 minor and 34 major operations. Seventy-nine patients were brought in "dead on arrival". There were 12 deaths after admission out of which 6 patients died after surgery. The cause of death was hemorrhagic shock in 5 patients, burns in 2, severe head injury in 2, and shock lung in 3 patients.
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Shenoy SG, Pai PR, Dalvie S, Bapat RD. Analytical data of March 1993 blast victims--the KEM Hospital experience. Journal of Postgraduate Medicine. 1993 Jan-Mar; 39(1): 10-3