High tension electrical burns

✍ Scribed by F. J. Escudero Nafs; F. Collado Aromir; I. Solano Carreira; P. S. Cormenzana Olaso

• Book ID: 104659151
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 475 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1435-0130
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00196438

✦ Synopsis

In this study, 85 patients with high-tension electrical burns who were seen in an 11 year period were reviewed. Only victims with documented passage of high-tension electrical current (more than 1000 volts) through the body were included. A total of 210 operations were performed for exploration, debridement and closures of the injuries; 44 cases underwent a total of 65 amputations. Acute renal failure developed in two cases (2.3%) and both died. No cases of clostridial infection occurred. Four patients (4.7%) died in this series. We came to the conclusion that the primary treatment of these burns must include aggressive fluid resuscitation and early aggressive debridement.