Electrical burns: Highlights from a 5-year retrospective analysis elec. inj.

Patients

• 94 adults and children (younger than 14 years), Turkey

Endpoint

• burns
• fractures/ruptures
• neurological consequences (short-term, pain, headache, brain injury)
• long-term consequences (> 1 year): amputation

Exposure

• lightning
• 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