title: Analytical data of March 1993 blast victims--the KEM Hospital experience.
abstract: On 13th March 1993 consequent to a series of explosions in the city a large number of casualties were attended to at this hospital. A total of 248 patients were treated for various injuries which included 85 minor and 34 major operations. Seventy-nine patients were brought in "dead on arrival". There were 12 deaths after admission out of which 6 patients died after surgery. The cause of death was hemorrhagic shock in 5 patients, burns in 2, severe head injury in 2, and shock lung in 3 patients.
authors.affiliation: Dept of General Surgery, Seth G.S. Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Bombay, Maharashtra.
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Shenoy
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Pai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dalvie
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Bapat
mesh_terms: D005107:Explosions; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D014754:Violence; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery