Outcomes of electrical injuries in the emergency department: a 10-year retrospective study elec. inj.

Patients

• 240 adults, Switzerland

Endpoint

• burns
• muscle paralysis
• fractures/ruptures
• eye injury (cateract)
• ear injury
• unconsciousness
• neurological consequences (short-term, pain, headache, brain injury)
• dyspnea, chest pain
• cardiovascular effects: arrhythmia, cardiac failure

Exposure

• lightning
• electric injuries/electrocution, touch current, 50/60 Hz, DC, low voltage < 1 kV AC, high voltage, occupational, personal
• electroshock weapon/TASER, power transmission line, inhouse wiring, other domestic appliance
• current entry and exit points: specified

Related articles

• Hansen SM et al. (2017): Mortality and risk of cardiac complications among immediate survivors of accidental electric shock: a Danish nationwide cohort study