[Pathomorphological constellation in death resulting from high voltage electricity] elec. inj.

Pathomorphologische Befundkonstellationen beimTod durch hochgespannten elektrischen Strom

Patients

• 16 adults, Austria

Endpoint

• burns
• current marks/necrosis
• eye injury (cateract)
• death
• Asphyxia, fat and gas embolism into the ventricle, mechanical traumas

Exposure

• electric injuries/electrocution, touch current, 50/60 Hz, high voltage ≥ 1 kV AC, occupational, personal
• power transmission line, electrical substation, inhouse wiring
• current entry and exit points: stated incompletely