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- Study of Incidence of Alcohol Use in Road Traffic Accidents in South Delhi in Fatal Cases
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1 Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, IN
2 Department of Emergency Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, IN
1 Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, IN
2 Department of Emergency Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, IN
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Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Vol 2, No 1 (2008), Pagination: 29-32Abstract
Various studies have shown that the incidence of vehicular accidents is more among the drunken drivers. This study was done to study the incidence of alcohol use in RTA in South Delhi in fatal cases. Totally 500 cases were studied whose blood samples were screened for alcohol by cavett test and then quantified by Gas liquid chromatography. Totally 170 cases (34%) were positive for alcohol and the mean BAC was 196.9 mg%. The maximum cases i.e. 38.2% (65) belonged to the age group of 20-30 years. The highest number of victims were pedestrians i.e. 39% (66) and only 2.9% (5 cases) belonged to female.Keywords
Fatal Accident, Alcohol, Chromatography, Pedestrian.
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- Suicidal Hanging Versus Homicidal Hanging - A Case Report
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1 Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, AIIMS, New Delhi, IN
2 Addl. Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, AIIMS, New Delhi, IN
3 Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, CIMS, Bilaspur, IN
1 Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, AIIMS, New Delhi, IN
2 Addl. Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, AIIMS, New Delhi, IN
3 Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, CIMS, Bilaspur, IN
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Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Vol 2, No 2 (2008), Pagination: 32-33Abstract
Suicidal hangings are rarely encountered by crime scene investigators, while evidence of suicidal deaths are usually more common and recognizable. There have been cases where the victim has attempted to disguise suicidal hanging as a case of homicide with suspicion of foul play. Sometimes it poses difficult challenges to investigating officers. Most of the reported cases of suicidal deaths staged as homicide involve death by gun shot. Few authors have reported suicidal deaths staged as accidents. Most of such suicides staged as accidents involved the use of motor vehicle. The following case is a case of a suicidal hanging in which the victim has tied his upper limbs behind his back, which creates a suspicion of homicide. But the findings from the scene of crime investigation and autopsy made it evident that the manner of death by hanging was suicidal in nature.Keywords
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- Suicide in Elderly: A Study in South Delhi (1996-2005)
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1 Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, AIIMS, New Delhi, IN
2 Department of Forensic Medicine, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, IN
1 Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, AIIMS, New Delhi, IN
2 Department of Forensic Medicine, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, IN
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Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Vol 1, No 1 (2007), Pagination: 13-18Abstract
Forty three autopsy cases of elder suicide received from South Delhi were studied during the 10-year period from Jan 1996 to Dec 2005 at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. Cases included those with victims greater than or equal to 60 years of age. Data was analyzed with regard to the age, sex, methods of suicide, place of suicide, cause of suicide and time of year components. There were 26 male (60.46%) and 17 female (39.54%) victims. The age range of the suicide victims was 60 to 87 years with mean age of 67.77 years. Commonest age group involved was 60- 69 years (n=28, 65.12%) in both sexes with 5 victims of the age of 80 years or older. Hanging (n=24, 55.81%), followed by poisoning (n=15, 34.88%) were the two major methods of suicide. Maximum numbers of suicides were seen in the Rainy season (41.86%). In two cases a suicide note was found.Keywords
Suicide, Elder, Hanging, Season, Illness.References
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