Citation

Awwad J, Hannoun A, Fares F, Ghazeeri G. AJP Rep 2013; 3(2): 103-104.

Affiliation

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Thieme Publishers)

DOI

10.1055/s-0033-1348403

PMID

24147245

Abstract

Objectives Data on fetal effects following accidental electric shock during pregnancy are scarce. We report on a case of accidental maternal electric shock associated with benign fetal arrhythmia in a woman at 28 weeks' gestation. Study Design Case report.

Results Although electrocution involving low-voltage, low-frequency current has been associated with fatal cardiac arrhythmias and conduction abnormalities, two protective parameters in the present case likely reduced the fetal injury: the dry skin at the site of current entry and the hand-to-hand pathway of current flow.

Conclusion Because the pathophysiology of electric injury is altered during pregnancy, assessment of fetal well-being should be prompted no matter how trivial an incident may appear.

Language: en