Medico-Legal Update
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 13
  • Issue: 1

A Two Year Study of Pattern of Fatal Childhood Burns in V.S. General Hospital, Ahmedabad

  • Author:
  • Mohammed Ziyauddin G Saiyed, Gaurang N Algotar, Tapan J Mehta, Pratik R Pate
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 180 to 182

Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College, V.S. hospital, Ellis Bridge, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Online published on 2 July, 2013.

Abstract

Burns - the second leading cause of death in children. This study investigates the distribution and pattern of childhood burns in autopsies coming to mortuary of VS General hospital, Ahmedabad. The study was conducted at mortuary of VS General hospital from November 2009 to October 2011. Only children ? 18 years of age have been included in the study. Total 2246 autopsies including 345 of burns injury were conducted in study period of which 50 cases were of ? 18 years of age. Residence area did not make much difference in incidence of burns. The commonest manner of death due to burns was accidental followed by suicidal and homicidal, where flame burns were found to be the commonest type of burns.

Keywords

Accidental, Childhood burns, Flame burns