A study of the cases of fatal burn injuries in tertiary care hospital, Assam – autopsy based study
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Dentistry - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 5
Abstract
Death due to burn injury constitutes a major portion of the cases brought for autopsy to the Department of Forensic Medicine, Silchar Medical College, Silchar, Assam. A proper study of these cases is the need of the hour to arrive at a proper conclusion as to the contributing factors leading to such misshape and also to prevent its occurrence, formulate treatment protocol and also to have an effective counselling system. A retrospective study of such cases at autopsy carried out from 1st Jan, 2012 to 31st Dec, 2012 in the Department of Forensic Medicine, Silchar Medical College, Silchar to find out the trends of burns injuries in this southern part of Assam. Out of 654 medico-legal autopsy carried out in the Department, 88 cases were death due to burn injuries. The commonest age groups of victims were in between 13-25 years. Females were mostly affected. Married cases are more than unmarried .Majority of cases was from rural areas. Maximum cases died due to septicaemia.
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Gunajit Das, Y. N. Singha, Jayanta Talukdar
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