Post-mortem Analysis of Burn Injury Cases in Forensic Medicine: A Medicolegal Perspective
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Abstract
Even before the primitive man learnt to use fire, he had been a victim of it. Our study was carried out for 1 year, starting from 1st January 2019 to 31st December 2019 at Sir Salimullah Medical College & Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh, on burn deaths. The aim and objective of the study were to know the demographic pattern, cause of death and relation of the body surface involved.
The rate of burn death was 7.63% of the total autopsies. Male victims outnumbered female victims with a female to male ratio of approximately 2.1:1. The Majority of the cases belong to the adolescent and young adult (21- 30 years) age group. The maximum no. of victims was married. In most of the fatal period was within 6 hours. Most of the deaths occurred when >50% of TBSA is involved. Most of the victims died within 1 to 3 days. The major cause of death in burns was septicemia.