Evaluating the risks of arrhythmia following electrical injury: Two cases of electrical injuries in the upper limbs.
Electrical injury
emergency
ventricular arrhythmias
Journal
SAGE open medical case reports
ISSN: 2050-313X
Titre abrégé: SAGE Open Med Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101638686
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2020
2020
Historique:
received:
02
09
2019
accepted:
26
03
2020
entrez:
2
6
2020
pubmed:
2
6
2020
medline:
2
6
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Electrical injuries induce ventricular arrhythmias, which are lethal. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the risk of arrhythmias at initial presentation to the emergency department in cases of electrical injuries. Here, we report two cases with electrical injuries, where current flowed between the upper limbs, requiring 24-h hospitalization for arrhythmia monitoring. The patients were 57- and 30-year-old men, who sustained separate electrical injuries (6600 V, line voltage), with current flow from one hand to the other. They did not develop any ventricular arrhythmias during hospitalization and were discharged. The risk for ventricular arrhythmias is lower for electrical injuries occurring between the upper limbs than for those occurring between the upper and lower limbs. We conclude that 24-h hospitalization for monitoring of patients with electrical injuries of the upper limbs may be sufficient.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32477561
doi: 10.1177/2050313X20920421
pii: 10.1177_2050313X20920421
pmc: PMC7234342
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
2050313X20920421Informations de copyright
© The Author(s) 2020.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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