1Associate Professor, Forensic Medicine, North Delhi Municipal Corporation Medical College, Hindu Rao Hospital, Delhi
2Assistant Professor, Forensic Medicine, North Delhi Municipal Corporation Medical College, Hindu Rao Hospital, Delhi
3Senior Resident, Forensic Medicine, North Delhi Municipal Corporation Medical College, Hindu Rao Hospital, Delhi
4Head of Department, Forensic Medicine, North Delhi Municipal Corporation Medical College, Hindu Rao Hospital, Delhi
*Corresponding author: Dr. Rajesh Kumar MBBS, MD (Forensic Medicine) Senior Resident, Department of Forensic Medicine, NDMC Medical College & Hindu Rao Hospital, New Delhi, Delhi, Pin-110007 Email Id: drrajesh_mmc@yahoo.com
Online published on 8 January, 2016.
This study pertains to observe the extent of injuries due to ingestion of corrosive poisons. Post-mortem reports and clinical records of victim of poisoning autopsied during the period of January 2013 to December 2014 at Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, NDMC Medical College and Hindu Rao Hospital, New Delhi, were analyzed retrospectively. Out of 376 medico-legal autopsies conducted during the study period, poisoning contributed to 83 cases of which Corrosive poisoning comprised 27 cases. Commonest age group was between 21 to 30 years Involving 9 (33.33%) cases. males have outnumbered females with 63% cases. Manner of death was suicidal (81%) in most of the cases. Perforations observed in the stomach wall in 22% cases while internal lesions without perforations were seen in 78% of cases. Maximum number of mortality (56%) were observed with in first 24 hours of hospitalization after ingestion of corrosive poison.
Corrosive poison, perforation, mortality, hospitalization
