Demographic profile of autopsy in Indore region - One year prospective study
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Forensic and Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
The term Autopsy originates from ancient Autopsia which is derived from Autos ie Oneself and Opsis ie to see for oneself Medicolegal postmortem examinations are performed as mandatory legal procedures for establishing the cause of death for people dying in circumstances where multiple causes of death could be ascribed The present prospective study was carried out in the Department of Forensic Medicine Toxicology MGM Medical College MY Hospital Indore during the period from 1st August 2017 to 31st July 2018 which includes a total 2197 cases of death brought to the mortuary of the hospital for medicolegal postmortem examination The main objectives of the study were to ascertain the various aspects of unnatural deaths to analyze the probable reasons for the same to find remedial measures to bring down the incidence During the study period 2197 cases were analyzed in which 609 278 were females and 1588 722 were males Major causes of death comprises trauma 818 372 burn 277 126 poisoning 238 108 asphyxia 237 107 and multiple pathology 146 66 Opinion about the cause of death was reserved in 310 141 This study was conducted to determine and evaluate the sociodemographic profile of different types of cases and to assess the nature and cause of their deathKeywords Autopsy Demography Alleged manner of death
Authors and Affiliations
Mohit Shrivastava, Rahul Agrawal, P S. Thakur, B K. Singh, T S. Pendro
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