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Descriptive Study of Occupational Accidents and their Causes among Electricity Distribution Company Workers at an Eight-year Period in Iran

open access: yesSafety and Health at Work, 2013
Background: Occupational accidents are unplanned events that cause damage. The socio-economic impacts and human costs of accidents are tremendous around the world. Many fatalities happen every year in workplaces such as electricity distribution companies.
Abdolrasoul Rahmani   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Arterial rupture: A delayed sequela of burn injury

open access: yesIndian Journal of Burns, 2020
Burn injuries, especially electrical burns, can lead to significant soft-tissue damage. A delayed sequela of both electric burn and firecracker injury is arterial rupture. The initial phase is characterized by occlusion of small vessels.
Praveen Kumar Arumugam   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Major Burns After Lightning Strikes at Field: Case Report

open access: yesJournal of Agromedicine and Medical Sciences (AMS), 2022
Lightning injuries can cause multi-organ damage such as burns, ear damage, and nervous system damage. The type of Burns in this trauma consists of linear or flash burns, punctate burns, thermal injuries, Lichtenburg figures, and combination wounds which ...
Ulfa Elfiah, Wahyu Rachmadi Akbar
doaj   +1 more source

Cardiac troponin I: A potent biomarker for myocardial damage assessment following high voltage electric burn

open access: yesIndian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2016
Myocardial infarction (MI) following high voltage electric burn is very rare, and its pathogenesis remains controversial. Electrical burns represent only 4% of all burns. Hence, clinical managements have taken a slow pace in developing.
Arindam Bose   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extensive Abdominal Electric Burn Injury

open access: yesIndian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 1991
A rare case of electric burns of the abdominal wall resulting into damage of liver, stomach, transverse colon is presented.
Dr. S.S. Minhas   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Domestic burns among children, adolescents and young adults: urgency and emergency cases

open access: yesRevista Eletrônica de Enfermagem, 2016
The objective of this study was to analyze domestic burns caused by the exposure to electric current/radiation/temperature, smoke/fire/flames and contact with a source of heat/hot substances, in children, adolescents and young adults treated at an ...
Jackeline Gonçalves Brito   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Universal Static and Dynamic Properties of the Structural Transition in Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3

open access: yes, 2003
The relaxors Pb(Zn$_{1/3}$Nb$_{2/3}$)O$_{3}$ (PZN) and Pb(Mg$_{1/3}$Nb$_{2/3}$)O$_{3}$ (PMN) have very similar properties based on the dielectric response around the critical temperature $T_{c}$ (defined by the structural transition under the application
A. Lebon   +50 more
core   +1 more source

Cervical myelopathy after high-voltage electrical burn of the head: Report of an unusual case

open access: yesAnnals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2018
High-voltage electrical injuries are uncommonly reported and may predispose to both immediate and delayed neurologic complications. We present a case of 27-year-old male who experienced a high-voltage electrical burn of the head resulting in ...
Shri Ram Sharma   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Refractory Status Epilepticus Treated With Bilateral Pulvinar Deep Brain Stimulation—A Case Study

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT New‐onset refractory status epilepticus (NORSE) arises without an identifiable cause or prior epilepsy history, with a 16%–27% mortality rate and significant long‐term neurological sequelae. Neuromodulation such as deep brain stimulation (DBS) targeting the anterior and centromedian thalamic nuclei has shown promise when the traditional ...
Mengxuan Tang   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using Real-Life Cases to Teach Students About Electric Burns Part II Secondary burns, including arcing burns [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
We consider the topic of non-contact electric burning (arcing burns) and secondary electric burning events. Our Electrical Engineering students and our Biomedical Engineering students learn from these real-life cases both the proper protocols to follow ...
Barkana, Buket D.   +3 more
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