Analysis of death in burn cases with special reference to age, sex and complications

Introduction: Fire can be considered as double edged sword. A burn is an injury to the skin or other organic tissue primarily caused by heat or due to radiation, radioactivity, electricity, friction or contact with chemicals. Globally, burns are a serious public health problem. Burns are the most common type of trauma worldwide, following traffic accidents, fall and interpersonal violence. Burn have medico-legal importance as they may be considered to be the commonest cause of unnatural death in India.

Materials and Method: This present study is a prospective study undertaken at the mortuary of forensic medicine, R.N.T.Medical College, Udaipur, Rajasthan. The study includes all the burn injury cases coming to the mortuary for autopsy during period from 1 March 2018 to 30 September 2018.The main objectives is to find the cause of death in burn cases according to different age groups and sex.

Results: Out of 86 cases, 61 were in 11–40 years of age, 57 died of shock