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Jamalian M, Eslamdost M, Rezaee A, Alizadeh S. Investigating the Causes of Death in the Injured of Traffic Accidents Referred to Vali-Asr Hospital in Arak, Based on Oral Autopsy and Forensic Autopsy. J Arak Uni Med Sci 2020; 23 (3) :338-347
URL: http://jams.arakmu.ac.ir/article-1-6152-en.html
1- Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Aral University of Medical sciences, Arak, Iran. , m.jamaliyan@arakmu.ac.ir
2- Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Aral University of Medical sciences, Arak, Iran.
3- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Aral University of Medical sciences, Arak, Iran.
Abstract:   (1910 Views)
Background and Aim: The deaths caused by traffic accidents are one of the three leading causes of death in Iran. Considering that all deaths from traffic accidents in the forensic organization are undergoing autopsy and also in the treatment centers under oral autopsies, the cause of death is determined, we determined that the cause of reported death from oral autopsy and medical autopsy Compare the law.
Methods & Materials: In this descriptive study, patients who were admitted to the forensic medical center during the year 1395 admitted to the Vali-e-Asr Hospital in Arak, were referred. The causes of death in Vali-asr Hospital were evaluated and compared with the outcome of the forensic oral hearing. 
Ethical Considerations: This study ethcally approved by the ethics committee of the Arak University of Medical Sciences (Code: IR.ARAKMU.REC.1395.226).
Results: In this study, 109 patients (1.33%) died from a total of 8153 patients with traffic accidents referred to Valiasr hospital in Arak. Of these, 68.8% were male and 31.2% were women. The Mean±SD age of the patients died was 44.03±22.43 years. Also, 59.6% of the dead died during the first 24 hours of the accident. The most common cause of death, according to the results of oral autopsy, was “multiple injuries,” accounting for 49.5% of the patients in 45 patients.
Conclusion: Abundance of deaths among patients with road traffic accidents and they referred to Valiasr hospital, which was 1.33%. According to the existing standards and considering that the mortality rate in this center is less than 1.5%. It seems that the level of service delivery in this center is favorable.
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Type of Study: Qulitative | Subject: General
Received: 2019/09/18 | Accepted: 2020/05/26

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