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REVIEW OF SUDDEN DEATHS FOLLOWING ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS IN SOUTH EASTERN NIGERIA FROM 2007-2012

Nnoli Martin Anazodo*,JegedeOlushola2,Chukwuegbo,Cornelius2 and Nwabuko Collins3

Department of Pathology, University of Calabar*
Department of Anatomical Pathology, Federal Medical Center,Umuahia²
Department of Haematology, Federal Medical center, Umuahia³

 Corresponding authors email:mnnoli@yahoo.com
 

Accepted  10 December 2015

To determine the sudden cause of deaths following road traffic accidents in south Eastern Nigeria from results of autopsy.A cross sectional study of all available cases of road traffic accidents victim autopsied within the period of study 2007-2012 were extracted from the autopsy register of the dept of Anatomical pathology federal Medical centerumuahia,Abia state. A total of 70 reported and autopsied cases were analysed using SPSS version 16.It was seen that cases of severe head injuries accounted for the highest lesion of 24.3% while traumatic/Neurogenic and hypovolumic shocks accounted for 15.7%. The least been cases with underlying organic diseases like hypertension, diabetes mellitus with other cardiovascular related ailment like cases of cardiac failure, pulmonary embolism, ruptured aneurysms with some gastro-intestinal lesions like chronic liver diseases.We found that severe head injury(multiple soft tissue and skeletal(Fractures of the skull) injuries appears to be the cause of much of the deaths seen at autopsy thus accounting for 17(24.3%) and age range worst hit is that from 20-40 years. This is closely followed by those who died as a result massive exaguination resulting to hypovolunmic and Neurogenic shocks respectively.

Keywords: Road traffic accidents, Sudden death, autopsy.
 

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