Injury: necropsy studies

Authors

  • Roberto Almeida Rêgo de Souza Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz
  • Danilo Oliveira Nascimento
  • Hugo Henrique Ribeiro de Almeida
  • Fabíola Mafia Meira
  • Irany Santana Salomão
  • Carlos Vitório de Oliveira

Keywords:

wounds and injuries, cause of death, autopsy, homicide, traffic accidents

Abstract

Objective: to carry out an epidemiological research of trauma related deaths subjected to autopsy. Methods: a retrospective research was held through the analysis of 412 medical records related to traumatic deaths in 2014, subjected to autopsy at the Forensics Department of Itabuna, evaluating the following variables: gender, age, marital status, race, education, pre- hospital care, consequence of death, type of trauma, mechanism of injury, lesion topography, cause of death, day, time and city the incident took place. Data was divided into two groups: I penetrating trauma and II blunt injury. Results: The vast majority was male (93%), brown (95%), single (83%), with education up to elementary school (42%) prevailing age group between 25 and 29 years of age (67 %), and death caused by homicide (62%). The most frequent type was penetrating trauma (61%), being the skull the most affected body region (65%). Intracranial hemorrhages were the main causes of death (30.8%). Injuries by firearms projectiles prevailed in group I, and automobile accidents in group II. Conclusion: the population most affected by deaths due to external causes in the city of Itabuna, Bahia, consists of young, brown, single men.

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Author Biographies

Roberto Almeida Rêgo de Souza, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz

Discente do 3° ano de medicina da Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz

Danilo Oliveira Nascimento

Discente do 3° ano de medicina da Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz

Hugo Henrique Ribeiro de Almeida

Discente do 3° ano de medicina da Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz

Fabíola Mafia Meira

Discente do 3° ano de medicina da Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz

Irany Santana Salomão

Professor Assistente da Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz

Carlos Vitório de Oliveira

Professor Assistente da Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz

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Published

2015-12-11

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Souza RAR de, Nascimento DO, Almeida HHR de, Meira FM, Salomão IS, Oliveira CV de. Injury: necropsy studies. Rev. Fac. Ciênc. Méd. Sorocaba [Internet]. 2015Dec.11 [cited 2024Dec.22];17(4):206-9. Available from: https://revistas.pucsp.br/index.php/RFCMS/article/view/24386

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