A STUDY ON THE AUTOPSY METHOD FOR INVESTIGATING CAUSES OF DEATH IN FEMALES.

Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the pattern of the causes of death in adult females a perspective on postmortem. Study Design: Crosssectional study. Period: 2018 to 2019. Setting: Peoples Medical College Hospital, Nawabshah, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sindh, Pakistan. Methods: 53 female patients, whose postmortem were performed through a convenience nonpurposive sampling technique to ascertain the causes of death among dead bodies brought at Peoples Medical College Hospital, Nawabshah, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sindh, Pakistan for the purpose of postmortem. A postmortem was performed with consent taken from the family members and hospital administration. The questionnaire was used to collect the limited relevant data and used SPSS version 17 for data entry and analysis. Results: Mean age of patients whom postmortem was performed was (16.8 %) years among them minimum age was 16 years and the maximum age recorded was 53 years. Among all, 35 (66.0%) cases were from rural areas while 18 (34.0%) cases were from the urban areas. Overall the most common pattern of death was suicide 17 (32.1%) followed by suspected poison 14 (26.4%). Conclusion: Most of the autopsies were performed from rural areas among the most common cause of death was suicide.