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Gannur, D. G.
- Organophosphorus Compound Poisoning in Gulbarga Region - A Five Year Study
Authors
1 Department of Forensic Medicine, *Shri. B. M. Patil Medical College, Bijapur, IN
2 Department of Forensic Medicine, M.R.Medical College, Gulbarga, IN
Source
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Vol 2, No 1 (2008), Pagination: 3-11Abstract
Organophosphorus compounds are extensively used in India as insecticides and most often for suicide purpose substantial number of deaths can be averted by timely treatment and ventilatory support. The present study was undertaken to know the incidence of organophosphorus poisoning, socioeconomic status, and nature of poisons in Gulbarga region of Karnataka state. The study group comprised 923 poisoning cases admitted to Government hospital Gulbarga. organophosphorus poisoning cases constituted 65.65% of total cases. Maximum number of organophosphorus poisoning cases was between the ages of 21-30 years of lower socioeconomic status. Males were more affected than female. 66.63% of the cases were from rural area. In most of the cases, route of poisoning was oral and consumed 50 to 100 ml of organophosphorus compounds with commonest symptoms of nausea, omitting, papillary constriction, sweating and excessive salivation. Name of the poison remained unknown in most of the cases, however amongst known Tick-20 was the commonest.
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- A Study on the Neck Shaft Angle of Femur In-100 Macerated Bones
Authors
1 Forensic Medicine Department, Shri B M Patil Medical College, Sholapur Road, Bijapur, Karnataka, IN
2 Department of Anatomy
3 Department of Forensic Medicine Shri B M Patil Medical College, Bijapur, IN
Source
Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Vol 8, No 1 (2014), Pagination: 116-119Abstract
Neck of the femur is a mystery in terms of its position, blood supply, direction and function. It doesn't lie in the same plane like that of the femoral shaft and its condyle. The neck sustains an angle with the shaft and lies anterior to it in the coronal plane- referred conventionally as femoral ante version. In rare occasion neck lies posterior to the shaft calls as femoral retroversion.
Exclusive of any deformity or fracture are studied with 100 cadaveric adult femurs with the help of Martins Dioptrograph. The angle between the long axis of the neck and the long axis of the shaft were evaluated. Various workers of the country have evaluated this aspect and globally the literatures covering the subject are plenty and the prosthesis commonly used for hemi and total hip arthoplasty are foreign manufactured. Considering the neck shaft angle, when used in our population it presents some pitfall like restriction of squatting position, chronic hip Pain etc. Hopefully this study will throw some light and guidelines for the manufacturer of prosthesis in this century keeping these facts in mind.