Open AccessElectrical injuries in adult patients – 3 years overview
Author(s) -
Andreea Grosu-Bularda,
Mihaela-Cristina ANDREI,
Adrian FRUNZĂ,
Florin-Vlad HODEA,
Sabina GRAMA,
Ioan Lascăr,
Răzvan Nicolae Teodoreanu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
romanian journal of medical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2069-6108
pISSN - 1842-8258
DOI - 10.37897/rjmp.2021.3.13
Subject(s) - medicine , multidisciplinary approach , retrospective cohort study , intensive care medicine , electrical burn , mortality rate , intensive care unit , electrical injuries , emergency medicine , injury prevention , poison control , burn injury , surgery , social science , sociology
Electrocutions are a particular type of trauma, usually affecting young active people, leading to high morbidity and mortality rates in extensive injured patients. Those patients require complex, multidisciplinary treatment in specialized burn centers. We conducted a three-year retrospective study in the Burn Unit of the Clinical Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Romania, aiming to identify different factors that characterize electrical injuries, with the goal to improve our clinical practice, in order to decrease overall complications, the morbidity and mortality rates and obtain an optimal functional prognosis for those severely injured patients. Patient-related and injury-related parameters were analyzed, and particularities observed in our burn unit were noted. A clear understanding of the physiopathology of those injuries and their complications is essential for providing an optimal therapeutic strategy. Rapid initiation of systemic supportive measures, accurate diagnostic and an adequate surgical treatment, correctly conducted, are essential for improving the vital and functional prognostic of patients who suffer electric injuries.