TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - A hospital based study of burn patients in an apex institute of maharashtra
JO  - Indian journal of forensic medicine and toxicology
A1  - Yerpude, P.N.
A1  - Jogdand, K.S.
SP  - 85
EP  - 87
VL  - 5
IS  - 2
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0973-9122
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -