Abstract
Background: The incidence of sudden death has been increasing steadily all over the worldparticularly in the urban population for the last 5 years. World health organization [WHO] hasdefined sudden death as “Death within 24 hrs from the onset of symptoms”. It can be defined asdeaths that are sudden, unexpected, clinically unexplained, or otherwise obscure even though thereneed to be no unnatural element in their causation. Materials and methods: Complete analysisand review of all autopsy/post-mortem specimens received in the Department of Pathology, KIMS,Hubballi between September 2017 to June 2019 done to find out the cause of death. Results:During the study period, a total of 153 cases of sudden death were received, age ranged from 6months to 72 years, with male preponderance. The cause of death were, 67 cases - cardiac causes[43.7%], 15 cases- respiratory causes [9.8%], 7 cases of sepsis [4.5%], 6 cases of Miliary TB[3.9%], CNS- 5 cases [3.2%], Hepatobiliary [2.6%], Renal- 2 cases [1.3%], Gastrointestinal 2cases [1.3%] Malignancy – 1 case [0.65%], Inconclusive 44 - cases [ 28.7%]. Conclusion: Thisstudy concludes that sudden death can occur at any age with the most common cause being cardiacdiseases and few among these are preventable. Therefore, creating awareness about the risk factorsand prevention of disease progression can reduce the incidence of sudden deaths.
Highlights
Incidence of sudden death [SD] has been increasing steadily all over the world in the urban population since the last 5 years [1,2]
Materials and methods: Complete analysis and review of all autopsy/post-mortem specimens received in the Department of Pathology, KIMS, Hubballi between September 2017 to June 2019 done to find out the cause of death
This study concludes that sudden death can occur at any age with the most common cause being cardiac diseases and few among these are preventable
Summary
Incidence of sudden death [SD] has been increasing steadily all over the world in the urban population since the last 5 years [1,2]. It can be defined as deaths that are sudden, unexpected, clinically unexplained, or otherwise obscure even though there need to be no unnatural element in their causation [3] Such a rapid death is often attributed to a cardiac cause. It can be defined as deaths that are sudden, unexpected, clinically unexplained, or otherwise obscure even though there need to be no unnatural element in their causation. Conclusion: This study concludes that sudden death can occur at any age with the most common cause being cardiac diseases and few among these are preventable. Creating awareness about the risk factors and prevention of disease progression can reduce the incidence of sudden deaths
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