TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - Electric burns: epidemiological and therapeutic aspects
JO  - Presse Medicale (1983)
A1  - Dubien, P. Y.
A1  - Bertin-Maghit, M.
A1  - Gueugniaud, P. Y.
A1  - Bouchard, C.
A1  - Ould-Aoudia, T.
A1  - Petit, P.
SP  - 1781
EP  - 1785
VL  - 25
IS  - 36
N2  - OBJECTIVES: A retrospective study of patients with electrical burns was conducted to choose criteria for initial dispatching and establish a treatment protocol for out patient management. METHODS: The study included 67 patients injured by electrical current and admitted at Edouard Herriot Hospital Burns Unit between January 1st 1990 and January 1st 1993. RESULTS: Low-voltage currents (< 1000 Volts) responsible for serious and immediate cardio-vascular diseases occurred in domestic accidents, mostly with children. High-voltage current (> 1000 Volts) responsible for deep burn injuries occurred in accidents at work and mostly with adults. Twenty-two were outpatients and 45 were admitted at once. Two died on admission, 24 were hospitalized less than five days, 11 required repeated surgical treatments and a long stay at hospital, and 8 were severely burned and were admitted to the intensive-care unit. Two required continuous venovenous hemodialysis for three weeks. Morbidity of the last three groups was nil, morbidity remained high in term of functional and aesthetic after-effects. CONCLUSION: Information on prevention of electrical burns should be intensified.<p /> <p>Language: fr</p>
LA  - fr
SN  - 0755-4982
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -