Medicolegal Evaluation of Patients with Thermal Burns
Objective:The aim of this study was to improve the criteria used in the medicolegal evaluations of patients with thermal burns and to make recommendations on the subject, based on the Burn Center Referral Criteria of the American Burn Association.Methods:The patients acutely affected by thermal burn...
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| author | Gökmen Karabağ İsmail Özgür Can Zehra Demiroğlu Uyanıker Haluk Vayvada |
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| description | Objective:The aim of this study was to improve the criteria used in the medicolegal evaluations of patients with thermal burns and to make recommendations on the subject, based on the Burn Center Referral Criteria of the American Burn Association.Methods:The patients acutely affected by thermal burns and admitted to Dokuz Eylul University Hospital, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital and Dr. Behcet Uz Child Disease and Pediatric Surgery Training and Research Hospital in one-year period were investigated in terms of age, gender, burn type, burn depth, affected body area, referral status to burn center and medicolegal evaluation results.Results:It was observed that 314 (53.4%) of 588 patients were male, and the mean age was 20.68±21.30 years. According to the burn types, 485 (82.5%) patients burned by contact with hot liquids, 74 (12.6%) patients burned by contact with flame, and 29 (4.9%) patients burned by contact with hot solid objects. The rate of burning with hot liquids was found to be higher in female patients compared to male patients. The mean percentage of total body surface area burned was 6.06±6.40%.Conclusion:It was concluded that it would be more appropriate for burns of special areas to increase the severity of the clinical condition and to include different age groups such as the 0-5 age group, 6-15 age group and age group over 65 years instead of the 5-year age limit in medicolegal evaluations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6666cdd1d9c04e8ca595b0fc2c4f138f2023-02-15T16:15:48ZengAdli Tıp Uzmanları DerneğiAdli Tıp Bülteni1300-865X2149-45332021-04-01261202610.17986/blm.150713049054Medicolegal Evaluation of Patients with Thermal BurnsGökmen Karabağ0İsmail Özgür Can1Zehra Demiroğlu Uyanıker2Haluk Vayvada3 Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi, Adli Tıp Anabilim Dalı, Manisa, Türkiye Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Adli Tıp Anabilim Dalı, İzmir, Türkiye Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Adli Tıp Anabilim Dalı, İzmir, Türkiye Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Plastik, Rekonstrüktif ve Estetik Cerrahi Anabilim Dalı, İzmir, Türkiye Objective:The aim of this study was to improve the criteria used in the medicolegal evaluations of patients with thermal burns and to make recommendations on the subject, based on the Burn Center Referral Criteria of the American Burn Association.Methods:The patients acutely affected by thermal burns and admitted to Dokuz Eylul University Hospital, Ataturk Training and Research Hospital and Dr. Behcet Uz Child Disease and Pediatric Surgery Training and Research Hospital in one-year period were investigated in terms of age, gender, burn type, burn depth, affected body area, referral status to burn center and medicolegal evaluation results.Results:It was observed that 314 (53.4%) of 588 patients were male, and the mean age was 20.68±21.30 years. According to the burn types, 485 (82.5%) patients burned by contact with hot liquids, 74 (12.6%) patients burned by contact with flame, and 29 (4.9%) patients burned by contact with hot solid objects. The rate of burning with hot liquids was found to be higher in female patients compared to male patients. The mean percentage of total body surface area burned was 6.06±6.40%.Conclusion:It was concluded that it would be more appropriate for burns of special areas to increase the severity of the clinical condition and to include different age groups such as the 0-5 age group, 6-15 age group and age group over 65 years instead of the 5-year age limit in medicolegal evaluations. http://adlitipbulteni.com/archives/archive-detail/article-preview/medicolegal-evaluation-of-patients-with-thermal-bu/47264 burnforensic medicinemedicolegal evaluationburn center referral criteria |
| spellingShingle | Gökmen Karabağ İsmail Özgür Can Zehra Demiroğlu Uyanıker Haluk Vayvada Medicolegal Evaluation of Patients with Thermal Burns Adli Tıp Bülteni burn forensic medicine medicolegal evaluation burn center referral criteria |
| title | Medicolegal Evaluation of Patients with Thermal Burns |
| title_full | Medicolegal Evaluation of Patients with Thermal Burns |
| title_fullStr | Medicolegal Evaluation of Patients with Thermal Burns |
| title_full_unstemmed | Medicolegal Evaluation of Patients with Thermal Burns |
| title_short | Medicolegal Evaluation of Patients with Thermal Burns |
| title_sort | medicolegal evaluation of patients with thermal burns |
| topic | burn forensic medicine medicolegal evaluation burn center referral criteria |
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