Volume : V, Issue : IX, September - 2016

Study of pattern of deaths due to burns in medicolegal autopsy

Aditya Madhab Baruah, Kan Bapu Choudhury

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 Burn injuries and deaths due to such injuries are an inescapable reality. Burn injuries rank among the most severe types of injuries suffered by the human body with an attendant high mortality and morbidity rate. As such a study to determine various factors in such deaths is attempted. In our study nearly 85% of cases were females with involvement of the age group between 21–30 the highest. Most of the incidents were as a result of accidents and involved a greater degree of total body surface area. Death was due to shock and occurred within 3 days of the incident. It is possible to reduce burn mortality and morbidity through combination of measures aimed not only at reducing the likelihood of occurrence of fire, but also by reducing the severity and impact of a burn injury through appropriate trauma care practices

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Aditya Madhab Baruah, Kan Bapu Choudhury Study of pattern of deaths due to burns in medicolegal autopsy International Journal of Scientific Research,Volume : 5 | Issue : 9 |September 2016

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