Epidemiological characteristics of electrical injuries of patients applied to the emergency department

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dc.contributor.authorAl B.
dc.contributor.authorAldemir M.
dc.contributor.authorGüloğlu C.
dc.contributor.authorKara I.H.
dc.contributor.authorGirgin S.
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T18:43:40Z
dc.date.available2024-04-24T18:43:40Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: In this study, we planned to determine the factors affecting the mortality, and morbidity of electrical injuries. METHODS; Medical records of 165 patients (126 males; 39 females; mean age 21.1 years; range 2.5 to 62 years), who were admitted to the Emergency Department of Dicle University School of Medicine for electrical injuries, between January 2003 and April 2004, were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS: Among these patients, 60 (36.4%) were children, under 12 years old; 95 (57.6%) were adolescents and adults, and 10 (6%) were aged. Of the victims of electrical accidents, 29 (17.6%) were illiterate and 36 (21.8 %) were educated. Ninety-seven (58.8 %) patients were either graduates or still students of elementary, secondary or high school. The cause of exposure to electricity was accident in 99 (60%), and carelessness and parents' negligence in 66 (40%). Sixty-nine (41.8%) patients were exposed to high voltage, and 96 (58.2 %) to low voltage. Because of electrical injury 16 patients had first degree, 96 patients had second degree, and 86 patients had third degree burns. The most frequent complications were contractures of extremities (10.9%) and compartment syndrome (3.6%). Mortality rate was 9.1% (n=15). Eighty percent of the deaths were due to exposure to high voltage. A positive correlation was demonstrated between mortality and complications (p<0.001). Escarotomy was performed in 10 patients, fasciotomy in 16, and amputation in 9. Two of 5 patients who had intraabdominal hemorrhage underwent surgery. CONCLUSION: A serious education of the society with respect to conscious use of of electricity is the most efficient method to decrease electrical accidents.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage142en_US
dc.identifier.issn1300-6738
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.pmid16676253en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-33645668080en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/Aen_US
dc.identifier.startpage135en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/24270
dc.identifier.volume12en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isotren_US
dc.relation.ispartofUlusal Travma ve Acil Cerrahi Dergisien_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectBurns, Electricen_US
dc.subjectBurns/Epidemiologyen_US
dc.subjectElectric İnjuries/Mortality/ Physiopathologyen_US
dc.subjectElectricityen_US
dc.titleEpidemiological characteristics of electrical injuries of patients applied to the emergency departmenten_US
dc.title.alternativeElektrik çarpmasi sonucu acil servise başvuran hastalarin epidemiyolojik özelliklerien_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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