Prospective Study of Mechanical Asphyxial Deaths
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 8
Abstract
Introduction: Asphyxia is a condition caused by interference with respiration due to lack of oxygen in inspired air due to which the tissues are deprived of oxygen (together failure to eliminate CO2) causing unconsciousness or death. \ Study aimed to know the total incidence of Mechanical asphyxial deaths and to know the incidence of types of Mechanical asphyxial deaths with age and sex wise distribution. Material and Methods: The autopsies conducted at mortuary of Government General Hospital, Guntur during the period of one year. The material consists of –Inquest reports, Perusal of police papers, Postmortem reports, Information collected from the police officers, relatives and friends of the deceased accompanying the dead bodies. Results: During the period of one year 1035 deaths were autopsied in the morgue out of which 54 were of mechanical asphyxial deaths. The incidence of Mechanical Asphyxial deaths was 5.23% out of the total number of cases autopsied. The most common form of mechanical asphyxial death was hanging 35 (64.8%) drowning 11 (20.1%) out of 54 cases of mechanical asphyxial deaths. The sex wise distributions of mechanical asphyxial deaths were little more in females 28 cases (51.8%) than males 26 cases (48.2%). Conclusion: Out of 1035 cases of unnatural deaths in which autopsy was conducted over the period of one year 54 (5.21%) cases were mechanical asphyxial deaths in which 35(64.8%) cases were dead by using the mode of suicidal hanging irrespective of age and sex. Hence the numbers of suicidal hanging cases are increasing day by day.
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V. Krishna Murthy, P. Chandra Sekhara Rao
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