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Burns, 1989
From January 1979 to January 1987, 125 patients were treated in our Centre for various electrical injuries. Among them, 85 patients were over 15 years of age (89.4 per cent were males and 10.6 per cent females) and 40 patients were below 15 years of age (92.5 per cent were males and 7.5 per cent females).
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From January 1979 to January 1987, 125 patients were treated in our Centre for various electrical injuries. Among them, 85 patients were over 15 years of age (89.4 per cent were males and 10.6 per cent females) and 40 patients were below 15 years of age (92.5 per cent were males and 7.5 per cent females).
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Thermal and Electrical Injuries
Surgical Clinics of North America, 2007Through progress in wound management, resuscitation, intensive care treatment, and a coordinated rehabilitation process, modern burn care has been able to deliver substantial increases in survival and improvement in functional outcomes for burn victims. The development of regionalized burn centers has contributed greatly to this progress.
Tam N, Pham, Nicole S, Gibran
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Electrical Injuries in Children
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1983Electrical injuries in children continue to account for substantial morbidity and mortality. This review describes the responsible pathogenetic mechanisms and five separate types of injury. Multisystem complications are discussed as well as current concepts of patient management.
J C, Thompson, S, Ashwal
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ELECTRICAL AND LIGHTNING INJURIES
Critical Care Clinics, 1999Electricity and lightning can cause injury in a variety of ways, some of which may remain hidden from the unsuspecting physician until it is too late. Prompt and, if necessary, prolonged resuscitation are of proven benefit. Particular attention must be paid to the patient who suffers high-voltage injury, and deep electrothermal burns on damage to vital
S, Jain, V, Bandi
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Electrical Injury to the Larynx
Archives of Surgery, 1968AN ELECTRICAL burn of the larynx is a devastating injury with a highly fatal portent. Yet, complete rehabilitation after such trauma can be within reach of current surgical techniques. A patient with this unusual problem was recently treated at the University of Iowa Hospitals with success. Report of a Case On Nov 8, 1965, a 68-year-old farmer helped
D W, Furnas, D A, Shumrick
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Electrical injuries to the eye
Albrecht von Graefes Archiv f�r Klinische und Experimentelle Ophthalmologie, 1975The effect of electric current on the eyes of experimental animals was studied. An apparatus was constructed to allow single and multiple shock exposures from 0 to 600 volts at variable exposure times. The current was measured on a Tectronex Storage Oscilloscope. Mature Dutch rabbits were used as experimental animals. When rabbit eyes were subjected to
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Lightning and Electrical Injuries
Neurologic Clinics, 1992Lightning and electrical injuries are similar in that both produce immediate tissue injury from burn and trauma induced by fall and both can arrest the heart and respiratory center. Immediate support of circulation and respiration is life-saving. Subsequently the nervous system may show signs of injury, and seizures, cerebral edema, and muscle and ...
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Electrical and Lightning Injuries
Journal of Burn Care & Research, 2007The aim of this study was to explore the mechanisms, complications, morbidity, and mortality associated with electrical injuries. Of 5053 acute burn admissions during a 5-year period, 202 patients (4%) had electrical burn injuries. Their mean age was 27.5 years (range, 3-71 years).
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Accident and Emergency Nursing, 1999
This article examines electrical burn injuries, how they occur and the nature of the injuries caused when people come into contact with electrical currents. The aetiology of tissue damage is discussed along with the pathophysiology of such encounters. The management of patients presenting with such injuries is explored including the vital role of the ...
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This article examines electrical burn injuries, how they occur and the nature of the injuries caused when people come into contact with electrical currents. The aetiology of tissue damage is discussed along with the pathophysiology of such encounters. The management of patients presenting with such injuries is explored including the vital role of the ...
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Electrical Injuries and Lightning
Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 1992Prolonged cardiopulmonary resuscitation is key to the resuscitation of lightning strike victims. Multiple accounts exist of successful revival of victims thought to be "dead" or in patients who have what is often believed to be unresuscitatable cardiac dysrhythmia.
B J, Browne, W R, Gaasch
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