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An Epidemiological Study of Road Traffic Accident Cases Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital
Journal of Nepalgunj Medical College
Introduction: Road traffic accidents are a major global health problem. Incidence of road traffic accidents can be minimized by applying safety measures and following strict traffic rules and regulations. Aims: The main purpose of our study was to find out the socio-demographic profile of the victims involved in road traffic accidents and to provide epidemiological data. Methods: This is a hospital based, cross sectional study with victims of road traffic accidents attending to Nepalgunj Medical College, Kohalpur,a tertiary care center. Consecutive patients of road traffic accidents attending emergency department or admitted in wards (surgery, orthopedic or neurosurgery) were taken and information of injury pertaining to epidemiological factors and demographic profile along with time of occurrence of accident, type of vehicle involved, the pattern of injury, site of accident and part of body involved was collected on a pre-designed proforma. Results: Total patients enrolled in the s...
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Epidemiological study of fatal road traffic accident cases
Indian Journal of Forensic and Community Medicine
The present study is an epidemiological study of fatal Road Traffic (RTA) cases brought and admitted in our tertiary health care centre from Nov 2017 to December 2019. There were 148 fatal RTA cases involving 112 males and 36 female. In the present study males cases outnumbered the female with an approximate male female ratio of 3.1:1. Many cases of fatal head injuries were due to four & two wheelers. Most commonly seen external injuries were abrasions. Lower limbs showed fractured in 31 cases, 20.95%, and upper limbs showed fractured in 22 cases, 14.89%. So, far case fatality is concerned involvement of head plays the most important role.
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