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Burns are the most expensive traumatic injuries because of long hospitalization and expensive wound treatment. Burns can be categorized as flame, contact, radiation, scalding, chemical, microwave, and electricity. The author discusses the incidence and mortality of burns, and the discrepancies between premortem diagnoses and postmortem examination. He concludes that all of the burn-related deaths should undergo medicolegal autopsy. The findings revealed by the autopsy could make significant contributions to the treatment of burn cases with the interdisciplinary data sharing between clinicians and forensic experts.
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Balandız, H., Gümüs, B. (2018). Comparison of Antemortem Clinical Diagnosis and Postmortem Findings in Burn-Related Deaths. In: Shiffman, M., Low, M. (eds) Burns, Infections and Wound Management. Recent Clinical Techniques, Results, and Research in Wounds, vol 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/15695_2018_111
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