@article{ref1,
title="Accidental electric shock during pregnancy: Reflection on a case",
journal="AJP reports",
year="2013",
author="Awwad, Johnny and Hannoun, Antoine and Fares, Farah and Ghazeeri, Ghina",
volume="3",
number="2",
pages="103-104",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2157-6998",
doi="10.1055/s-0033-1348403",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0033-1348403"
}