Prospective Study on Road Traffic Accident Cases in Sub-urban Region of Chennai, Tamil Nadu State
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Date
2017
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Educational Society for Excellence
Abstract
The present study consists of 100 road traffic injury cases admitted in our tertiary health care centre. In the present study, males victims (84 cases, 84%) outnumbered the females victims (16 cases, 16%) with an approximate male female ratio of 5:1. Four wheelers and two wheelers involving mainly pedestrians were the most common cause for fatal head injury seen in 66 cases, 66%. Multiple abrasions were the most commonly seen external injury, seen in 68 cases, 68%. Skull bone fracture was seen in 40 cases, 40%. Temporal and parietal bones were common site of fracture seen in 41 cases, 41%.The mean survival period was 73.42 hours, range being 6 hours to 600 hours.
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Keywords
Road Traffic Accident, Head Injury, Four Wheelers, Two Wheelers, Pedestrians
Citation
Savior Selva Suresh, Singh O. Gambhir, Parasakthi M. Prospective Study on Road Traffic Accident Cases in Sub-urban Region of Chennai, Tamil Nadu State. International Archives of Integrated Medicine. 2017 Jan; 4(1): 64-67