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Medicolegal Evaluation of Patients with Thermal Burns

Termal Yanıklı Hastaların Medikolegal Değerlendirmesi

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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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Objective & Hypothesis: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.
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Key Findings & Data:Results: It was observed that 314 (53.4%) of 588 patients were male, and the mean age was 20.68±21.30 years.
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Conclusion & Impact: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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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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Amaç: Çalışmamızda Amerikan Yanık Derneği, Yanık Merkezi Sevk Kriterleri esas alınarak termal yanıklı hastaların medikolegaldeğerlendirmelerinde kullanılmakta olan kriterlerin geliştirilmesi ve öneriler getirilmesi amaçlanmıştır.Yöntem: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hastanesi, Atatürk Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi ve Dr. Behçet Uz Çocuk Hastalıkları ve Cerrahisi Eğitim veAraştırma Hastanesi’ne bir yıl içinde akut olarak termal yanıktan etkilenerek başvuran hastalar; yaş, cinsiyet, yanık türü, yanık derinliği veetkilediği vücut alanı, yanık merkezine sevk edilme durumu ve medikolegal değerlendirme sonuçları yönünden araştırılmıştır.Bulgular: Beş yüz seksen sekiz hastanın 314’ünün (%53,4) erkek, ortalama yaşın 20,68±21,30 olduğu gözlendi. Yanık türlerine göre; 485’inin(%82,5) sıcak sıvılarla, 74’ünün (%12,6) alevle, 29’unun (%4,9) sıcak katı cisimlerle temas sonucu yandığı görüldü. Kadınlarda sıcak sıvılar ileyanma oranının erkeklere göre daha fazla olduğu belirlendi. Yanıktan etkilenen toplam vücut yüzey alanı yüzde ortalamasının 6,06±6,40olduğu görüldü.Sonuç: Medikolegal değerlendirmelerde, özellikli bölge yanıklarının klinik durumun ağırlık derecesini artırmasını ve değerlendirmelerde beşyaş ve altı sınırının yerine 5 yaş ve altı aralığı ve 6-15 yaş aralığı ve 65 yaş üstü gibi farklı yaş gruplarının yer almasının daha uygun olacağısonucuna varılmıştır.

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KARABAĞ, G., CAN, İ. Ö., UYANIKER, Z. D., VAYVADA, H. (2021). Medicolegal Evaluation of Patients with Thermal Burns. Adli Tıp Bülteni, Cilt: 26 - Sayı: 1, 20–26. https://ajindex.com/articles/413771

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