Electromyographic Findings in High Voltage Electrical Burns: Two cases

Bb, Hoover; Cr, Baxter; Mr, Kirkpatrick

doi:10.1097/00007611-197111000-00022

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“…High-voltage current passes through the body across the shortest distance regardless of tissue type, and it may cause massive soft tissue injury and extensive skin necrosis at the contact site. 1,2 Cerebral infarction is rarely reported, although the infarction of watershed areas vulnerable to ischemia may result from cardiopulmonary arrest. Cerebral infarctions without hemodynamic alterations have been reported following electric injury, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood.…”

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Postelectrocution Massive Brain Infarcts

Kareem

Nayil

Ali

et al. 2018

IJNT

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Acute brain infarct is an uncommon complication of electrical injury, and only a few cases have been reported. A young man sustained a high-voltage electrical injury followed by a fall from height. Imaging revealed right hemibrain infarct. He was operated for that, but did not make much progress. Electric shock injury with the high-voltage current even for short period of contact may cause massive infarction of brain, and prognosis remains dismal.

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“…Here, we describe the case of a young man who suffered brain infarction after accidental electrical injury. 1,2…”

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Postelectrocution Massive Brain Infarcts

Kareem

Nayil

Ali

et al. 2018

IJNT

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“…7 In the course of in vivo electrical conduction described above, electrical energy transforms into heat, thus compensating for the resistance of the tissue. 8 The resultant heat loss causes an injury in vascular intima and adventitia and ischemic injury to tissue. 9 Males were seen to be more frequently affected -a trend which is similar to most other studies.…”

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Associated injuries in electrical burns: a 2 year retrospective study in a tertiary care burns unit

Rao¹,

Bedi²,

Patil³

et al. 2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Electric burns are associated with a high degree of morbidity and mortality. The association of multiple injuries in burn patients further complicates the management problem. The injuries require prompt diagnosis and redressal for better outcomes.Methods: We decided to undertake a study to note characteristics of associated injuries in patients with electrical burns. A retrospective review was done of all patients admitted in Burn Unit of SMS Medical College and Hospital, Jaipur over a period of 2 years, who had sustained electric burns and had sustained associated injuries.Results: A total of 770 patients were admitted with electric burns over this duration. Associated injuries were noted in 4.15% of these patients. Young, male patients were more commonly affected, with a male to female ratio of 4:1.Conclusions: The incidence of associated injuries in electrical burns is not insignificant. A low threshold for suspicion is required in managing doctors to diagnose such injuries for optimal treatment and improved outcome in patients with electrical burns.

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“…The resistance of body tissue decreases according to bone, fat, ligaments, skin, muscles, vessels, and nerves. High-voltage current passes through the body across the shortest distance regardless of tissue type, and it may cause massive soft tissue injury and extensive skin necrosis at the contact site [4,5]. However, low-voltage current tends to transmit through tissues with low resistance, such as vessels and CNS tissue.…”

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Neurological Complication After Low-Voltage Electric Injury: A Case Report

Kim

Ko²,

Kim

et al. 2014

Ann Rehabil Med

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Electrical shock can result in neurological complications, involving both peripheral and central nervous systems, which may present immediately or later on. However, delayed neurological complications caused by low-voltage electric shock are rarely reported. Here, a case of a man suffering from weakness and aphasia due to the delayed-onset of the peripheral nerve injury and ischemic stroke following an electrical shock is presented. Possible mechanisms underlying the neurological complications include thermal injury to perineural tissue, overactivity of the sympathetic nervous system, vascular injury, and histological or electrophysiological changes. Moreover, vasospasms caused by low-voltage alternating current may predispose individuals to ischemic stroke. Therefore, clinicians should consider the possibility of neurological complications, even if the onset of the symptoms is delayed, and should perform diagnostic tests, such as electrophysiology or imaging, when patients present with weakness following an electric injury.

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Electromyographic Findings in High Voltage Electrical Burns: Two cases

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Postelectrocution Massive Brain Infarcts

Postelectrocution Massive Brain Infarcts

Associated injuries in electrical burns: a 2 year retrospective study in a tertiary care burns unit

Neurological Complication After Low-Voltage Electric Injury: A Case Report

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