Modern concepts of treatment and prevention of electrical burns

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 511-532

  Edlich, Richard F ^a,b,d   Farinholt, Heidi Marie A ^c   Winters, Kathryne L ^d   Britt, L D ^b   Long, William B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b LEGACY EMANUEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d Eastern Virginia Medical School ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal manifestations; Alternating current; Bone; Cardiac injury; Direct current; Electric arc; Electrical burns; Eye injury; High voltage; Joint; Low voltage; Muscle injury; Pregnancy; Prevention; Pulmonary complications; Scalp burns; Vascular damage

Indexed keywords

BONE; CARDIOLOGY; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; HEALTH CARE; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MUSCLE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ABDOMINAL MANIFESTATIONS; ELECTRICAL BURNS; ELECTRICAL INJURIES; PATHOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS; VASCULAR DAMAGE;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

ALTERNATING CURRENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRIC BURN; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HAND; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MORTALITY; MOUTH CAVITY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURN UNITS; BURNS, ELECTRIC; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27844532166     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v15.i5.50     Document Type: Review

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