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Electrical burn injuries of 246 patients treated at the University Clinical Center of Kosovo during the period 2005-2010 elec. inj.

By: Duci SB, Arifi HM, Ahmeti HR, Selmani ME, Buja ZA, Gashi MM, Zatriqi VK, Mekaj AY

Published in: Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg 2014; 40 (6): 679-685

Patients

246 adults and children (younger than 14 years), Korea

Endpoint

burns

current marks/necrosis

neurological consequences (short-term, pain, headache, brain injury)

death

long-term consequences (> 1 year): amputation

polytrauma, subarachnoid bleeding

Exposure

electric injuries/electrocution, touch current, 50/60 Hz, low voltage < 1 kV AC, high voltage ≥ 1 kV AC, occupational, personal

power transmission line, inhouse wiring, other domestic appliance

current entry and exit points: stated incompletely