Late onset quadriparesis in high voltage electrical burn – A case report
Burns Open, 2022 Electrical burn injuries are injuries that can be of high or low voltage and result in variety of injuries ranging from skin burns to damage to internal organs including neurologic complications. Tissue damage can result directly from the current passing
Metasebia W. Abebe, Samuel Equar Alem
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Analysis of electrical injuries among workers
Безопасность техногенных и природных систем, 2020 Introduction. In the conditions of modern production, there is an increase in electrical injuries among workers. The article deals with the problem of injuries and characteristics of occurrence of electrical injuries in the workplace.Problem Statement ...
S. L. Pushenko +4 more
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Prophylactic Approach to Industrial Electro-Traumatism Taking into Account Individual Psycho-Physical Peculiarities of Worker Taking into Account Network Digitalization [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 The article assesses electrical safety in electrical installations, considers the risks and factors affecting a working person. Electrical injury, compared with other types of industrial injuries, is a relatively small percentage, however, the number of ...
Kuvshinov Dmitriy +4 more
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Torture by administration of electric shocks: The case of PG
Torture, 2021 In this case study, a survivor of torture describes a history of electrical torture with a rod-like object and the subsequent neurological symptoms and keloid scars that developed afterwards.
Clifford Liu +2 more
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The epidemiology of paediatric electrical injuries in a South African township
Burns Open, 2020 Introduction: In South Africa 10% of inhabitants live in informal dwellings with no running water or electricity. Access to electricity may be improvised by redirecting current from existing fixtures. Injuries from contact with connecting wires are known
Vered Lack +4 more
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Electrical injury in pediatric patients – A case series
Indian Journal of Burns, 2020 Electrical injuries in children are gruesome injuries that result in disabilities and death in developing countries. In this article we present a series of 6 children who were treated for electrical burns.
K Mathangi Ramakrishnan +9 more
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Clinical applications of electrical stimulation for peripheral nerve injury: a systematic review
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 IntroductionPeripheral nerve injuries are common neurologic injuries that are challenging to treat with current therapies. Electrical stimulation has been shown to accelerate reinnervation and enhance functional recovery.
Meredith C. Costello +8 more
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Acute electrical injury: A systematic review
Journal of Acute Disease, 2017 Objective: To review low-voltage, high-voltage and lightening electrical burns in adults and children, identify novel areas that are not recognized and improve treatments results and outcome.
Noor-Ahmad Latifi, Hamid Karimi
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A review of electrical burns admitted in a Philippine Tertiary Hospital Burn Center
Burns Open, 2017 Electrical injury is the 4th most common cause of burn which continues to be one of the most distressing trauma injuries in developing countries.
Margarita S. Elloso, Jose Joven V. Cruz
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Electrical Injuries: The Iceberg Phenomena
Journal of Society of Surgeons of Nepal, 2017 Introduction: The deceptive nature of electrical injury is likened to an iceberg phenomenon. Whether the tissue is conductive or resistant both are injured due to electroporation and heat, respectively. The objective of the study is to evaluate the types
Krishna Manandhar +3 more
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