Study of drunkenness cases brought for medicolegal examination at P.D.U. Government Hospital, Rajkot, Gujarat: Three year retrospective study Ratadiya Prashant M.1,*, Kyada Hetal C.2, Varu Pratik R.3, Pranapkumar P1 1Resident Doctors, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, P.D.U. Medical College, Rajkot 2Professor and Head, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, P.D.U. Medical College, Rajkot 3Tutor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, P.D.U. Medical College, Rajkot *Corresponding Author Dr. Prashant M. Ratadiya, Resident Doctor, Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, P.D.U. Medical College, Rajkot, Email- prashantmratadiya@gmail.com
Online published on 1 April, 2024. Abstract Background & Objective Alcohol is one of the commonest used intoxicants, being legally and easily available in almost every region of India, leaving aside few states which have banned the sale and use of alcohol. Present study was conducted to find out the correlation between clinical findings, opinion and BAC. Method Present cross section study was conducted among cases of drunkenness, retrospectively for period of three year at P.D.U. government hospital, rajkot. Result Observation show that all cases were of male and female with predominant age group being between the range of 31-40 years. Maximum cases were occurred at night time and in the month of march. Maximum cases had BAC between 0.05 - 0.08 gm%. Conclusion There were high degree of variation seen between BAC and clinical findings and clinical opinion due to biological and psychological variation in different individuals. Top Keywords Alcohol, Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC), Bombay Prohibition Act, Drunkenness. Top |