2019
DOI: 10.21276/ajs.2019.2.2.11
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To Study the Incidence of Electrical Contact Burns and To Evaluate the Pattern of Injury in a Tertiary Burn Care Centre

Abstract: Background: Electrical burn is a unique form of trauma, in which mortality and morbidity are very high when compared to thermal burns. The effects of electrical current depend on the type of current, voltage, tissue resistance, the pathway and the duration. Aim: The aim of the current study is to find the incidence of electric burns and evaluate the pattern of injury in tertiary burn care centre. Subjects and Methods: It is a prospective observational study conducted in department of Burns, Plastic and Maxillo… Show more

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“…The pediatric and the old aged population suffer electric burn injury takes place at home from the low voltage appliances. 6 Electrical injuries are observed higher among the boys than the girls. The rates of injury could be seen significantly higher in males than females due to exposure in occupational hazards probably.…”
Section: Incidencesmentioning
confidence: 98%
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“…The pediatric and the old aged population suffer electric burn injury takes place at home from the low voltage appliances. 6 Electrical injuries are observed higher among the boys than the girls. The rates of injury could be seen significantly higher in males than females due to exposure in occupational hazards probably.…”
Section: Incidencesmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…There could be mechanical injury with trauma due to violent muscle contraction which might throw off the victim. 6 Seven factors that affect electric burn injuries are type of current, duration of current, area of contact, resistance of the body, amount of current, pathway of current, voltage. 6 The question is how and why is the human body susceptible to the electrical current?…”
Section: Pathophysiology Of Electrical Burnsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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