Citation

Yerpude PN, Jogdand KS. Indian J. Forensic Med. Toxicol. 2011; 5(2): 85-87.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences. Deptartment of Forensic Medicine)

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Abstract

Burn injuries constitute a major public health problem. A hospital-based descriptive observational study was conducted among 278 burn patients admitted in the KEM hospital, Mumbai in 2007 to assess the demographic and clinical profile of burn patients and to study the medico legal and social causes. Majority of patients were females (56.12%), literates (73.74%), in the age group of 21-40 years (49.64%). Occupation-wise housewives were 38.85% followed by unskilled worker (18.72%).Majority of the cases (55.04%) were accidental whereas suicidal and homicidal cases were 20.50% and 24.46% respectively. According to the size 25.3% patients had 20% -39% of body surface burns and 21.7% had 80% or more burns. 53% of the cases were given blood transfusion and 22.12% died in the study period.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; homicide; burn; female; male; India; mortality; suicide attempt; hospitalization; occupation; Burn; article; major clinical study; medicolegal aspect; social aspect; blood transfusion; kerosene; observational study; outcome assessment; accidental injury; hospital based case control study; body surface; electric burn; burn patient; Demographic and clinical profile; Hospital based study