Study of Age and Gender Predilections amongst the Victims of Burns of Domestic Violence
Javaid Munir, Zulfiqar Ali Buzdar, Zia ul Haq, Muhammad Anwar Sibtain Fazli, Fakhar uz Zaman
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ABSTRACT
Background: Human life
from conception till death needs some sources of energy or heating mechanism to
advance from a day to another in the process of livelihood. From innocent
infants falling victims to fires, toddlers to scalds, youth to vitriolage and
elders to enmity of a variety of sources or to their own debilitation bring
them close to the fire source let them fell a prey to burns.
Aim: To observe the age and gender predilections
amongst the victims of burns
Methods: The study was carried out among
250 victims of burns presented from December 2017 to August 2018 and reported
in the Accident and Emergency Department of Mayo Hospital Lahore and filtered
in Medicolegal Clinic of King Edward Medical University Lahore.
Results: The study revealed maximum
involvement of pediatric and geriatric age groups falling victim to burn
incidents. In an analysis as a whole almost 84% victims were belonging to these
two extremes of ages. Gender disparity showed a slight difference of just 10%
showing female preponderance being exposed to burns.
Keywords: Burns, Age, Gender, Variation, Disparity