Profile of trauma patients in the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital in South India.

Background: Trauma is an increasing cause of morbidity and mortality in India. This study was done to improve the understanding of the mode of trauma, severity of injuries, and outcome of trauma victims in our hospital.

Materials And Methods: This was a retrospective observational study of all adult trauma patients more than 18-year-old presenting to our emergency department (ED).

Laryngeal tuberculosis in the eighties--an Indian experience.

Laryngeal tuberculosis is one of the rarer forms of extrapulmonary tuberculosis. A retrospective analysis of 26 patients seen in the last nine years in our hospital was conducted to illustrate the various modes of clinical presentation. Of the 26 patients, twenty were male and six female.

Paediatric laryngeal tuberculosis presenting with stridor.

A rare case of laryngeal tuberculosis in a 15-month-old Indian child is described. The unusual mode of presentation with stridor, suspicious radiological signs and papillomatous nature of the laryngeal lesion are highlighted.