Deaths from abdominal trauma: analysis of 1888 forensic autopsies.
| Autor: | Bordoni PHC; - Civil State Police of Minas Gerais, Coroner's Office, Ribeirão das Neves, MG, Brazil., Santos DMMD; - José Bonifácio Lafayette de Andrada Foundation, Faculty of Medicine, Barbacena, MG, Brazil., Teixeira JS; - José Bonifácio Lafayette de Andrada Foundation, Faculty of Medicine, Barbacena, MG, Brazil., Bordoni LS; - José Bonifácio Lafayette de Andrada Foundation, Faculty of Medicine, Barbacena, MG, Brazil.; - Civil State Police of Minas Gerais, Forensic Medicine Institute, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.; - University of Ouro Preto, School of Medicine, Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil. |
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| Jazyk: | English; Portuguese |
| Zdroj: | Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes [Rev Col Bras Cir] 2017 Nov-Dec; Vol. 44 (6), pp. 582-595. |
| DOI: | 10.1590/0100-69912017006006 |
| Abstrakt: | Objective: to evaluate the epidemiological profile of deaths due to abdominal trauma at the Forensic Medicine Institute of Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil. Methods: we conducted a retrospective study of the reports of deaths due to abdominal trauma autopsied from 2006 to 2011. Results: we analyzed 1.888 necropsy reports related to abdominal trauma. Penetrating trauma was more common than blunt one and gunshot wounds were more prevalent than stab wounds. Most of the individuals were male, brown-skinned, single and occupationally active. The median age was 34 years. The abdominal organs most injured in the penetrating trauma were the liver and the intestines, and in blunt trauma, the liver and the spleen. Homicide was the most prevalent circumstance of death, followed by traffic accidents, and almost half of the cases were referred to the Forensic Medicine Institute by a health unit. The blood alcohol test was positive in a third of the necropsies where it was performed. Cocaine and marijuana were the most commonly found substances in toxicology studies. Conclusion: in this sample. there was a predominance of penetrating abdominal trauma in young, brown and single men, the liver being the most injured organ. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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