Journal of Punjab Academy of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2009
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue: 1

Cardiac Tamponade – Case Report

  • Author:
  • Prateek Rastogi1
  • Total Page Count: 2
  • Published Online: Jun 1, 2009
  • Page Number: 27 to 28

1Asst. Professor, Dept. of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore-575001, India

Abstract

Road traffic accidents are notoriously deceiving when it comes to relation between external injuries and death of a person. A case was encountered where a pedestrian was apparently healthy on examination after a motor bike accident. He died after few hours and on internal examination cause of death was opined as cardiac tamponade.

Keywords

Road traffic accident, blunt force trauma, cardiac tamponade