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Burns and Burning Issue


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1 Department of Forensic Medicne & Toxicology. M.R.Medical College, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India
2 Dept. of Forensic Medicine, S.S Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Davangere 577005 Karnataka, India
3 Dept. of Forensic Medicine, S.Nijalingappa Medical College, Navangar, Bagalkot 587102, Karnataka, India
     

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Deaths due to burns though rare in the western context are frequently encountered in the Indian scenario. A study was conducted at Government General Hospital Gulbarga over a period of five years to find out the incidence and influence of different factors leading to fatal burns injury. Out of the total 525 cases studied maximum were found in the age group of 20-30 years. 115 patients were brought dead and the remaining 410 succumbed later after the admission. Among these 161 cases survived for five days after the injury. Most common cause of death in our study was septicemia which accounted for 343 cases. Maximum number of deaths i.e., 450 was accidental in nature and least common was homicidal deaths accounting for only 23 cases. The paper also describes the comparison between our study and studies conducted by different authors across the country to find out the similarities and dissimilarities in various factors affecting the burns victims.

Keywords

Burns, Death, Society.
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Authors

Prakash I. Babladi
Department of Forensic Medicne & Toxicology. M.R.Medical College, Gulbarga, Karnataka, India
V. Vijayanath
Dept. of Forensic Medicine, S.S Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Davangere 577005 Karnataka, India
S. N. Vijayamahantesh
Dept. of Forensic Medicine, S.Nijalingappa Medical College, Navangar, Bagalkot 587102, Karnataka, India

Abstract


Deaths due to burns though rare in the western context are frequently encountered in the Indian scenario. A study was conducted at Government General Hospital Gulbarga over a period of five years to find out the incidence and influence of different factors leading to fatal burns injury. Out of the total 525 cases studied maximum were found in the age group of 20-30 years. 115 patients were brought dead and the remaining 410 succumbed later after the admission. Among these 161 cases survived for five days after the injury. Most common cause of death in our study was septicemia which accounted for 343 cases. Maximum number of deaths i.e., 450 was accidental in nature and least common was homicidal deaths accounting for only 23 cases. The paper also describes the comparison between our study and studies conducted by different authors across the country to find out the similarities and dissimilarities in various factors affecting the burns victims.

Keywords


Burns, Death, Society.

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