Abstract:
:The purpose of this study was to record and evaluate the causes and the magnitude of the fatal burn injuries retrospectively. An analysis of autopsy records revealed 19.4% cases of burn injuries amongst the total autopsies done over 10years period (1993-2002) in the mortuary of the department of Forensic Medicine of Kasturba medical College, Manipal. The majority of deaths (78.5%) occurred between 11 and 40years of age group with preponderance of females (74.8%). The flame burns were seen in 94.1% of the victims followed by scalds and electrical burns in 2.8% and 2.5% cases, respectively. The majority of burn incidents were accidental (75.8%) in nature followed by suicidal (11.5%) and homicidal (3.1%) deaths. The percentage of burn (TBSA) over 40% were observed in most of the cases (92.5%). The majority of deaths occurred within a week (69.87%) and most the victims died because of septicemia (50.9%).
journal_name
J Forensic Leg Medjournal_title
Journal of forensic and legal medicineauthors
Kumar V,Mohanty MK,Kanth Sdoi
10.1016/j.jcfm.2005.09.002subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-01-01 00:00:00pages
3-6issue
1eissn
1752-928Xissn
1878-7487pii
S1353-1131(05)00170-7journal_volume
14pub_type
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journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
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journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
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journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
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journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
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doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2008.12.011
更新日期:2009-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
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journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
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journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
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journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
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journal_title:Journal of forensic and legal medicine
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