@article{ref1,
title="Analysis of fatal burns cases - A 5 year study at Sri B M Patil Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka",
journal="Medico-legal update",
year="2011",
author="Koulapur, V.V. and Yoganarsimha, K. and Gouda, H. and Mugadlimath, A.B. and Vijay Kumar, G.A.",
volume="11",
number="2",
pages="114-116",
abstract="The purpose of this study was to record and evaluate the causes and the magnitude of the fatal burn cases. This retrospective study of 5 years duration (2005 - 2009) was carried out in the Dept. of Forensic Medicine, Sri B M Patil Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka. During this period a total number of 410 medico-legal autopsies were conducted, amongst them death due to burns constituted 119 cases (29.02%). The majority of deaths (34.5%) occurred between 21 to 30 years of age group with preponderance of females (74.78%). The majority of burn incidents were accidental (78.2%) in nature followed by suicidal (17.5%) and homicidal (4.3%) deaths. The percentage of burn (TBSA) over 40% was observed in most of the cases (92.5%). The majority of deaths occurred within a week (69.87%) and most the victims died because of septicemia (50.9%).<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0971-720X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}