Annals of burns and fire disasters
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Ann Burns Fire Disasters · Sep 2018
Electrical burn injury: a comparison of outcomes of high voltage versus low voltage injury in an Indian scenario.
Electrical burn injury (EBI) is a mutilating form of injury. The objective of this study was to evaluate the various aspects of EBI and analyse the differences between high voltage injury (HVI) and low voltage injury (LVI). A retrospective study was conducted by reviewing the medical records of all burn admissions from June 2016 to May 2017. ⋯ However, LVI cannot be overlooked as number of reconstructive surgeries and mean number of operations showed no significant difference between both groups. HVI has a disastrous impact on burn survivors but LVI cannot be underestimated. We advocate a low threshold for managing associated injuries, education on safety principles, for men at work especially, and infrastructure improvement by the state to bring changes to the present scenario.
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The incidence of diabetes and diabetic foot burns is increasing worldwide. In the present study, we surveyed frequency, morbidity and mortality of diabetic foot burn patients in our centre. The study was a cross-sectional survey with one-year follow up of our adult diabetic patients with lower extremity burns. ⋯ Mean +/- SD length of stay was 11.4±6.1 (days). 8.5% underwent amputation and there were no deaths. Diabetic foot burn patients delay seeking medical attention, have a longer length of stay, more complications and more amputations than other burn patients (compared with our previous study on burn patients). Prevention and training programs are highly needed to prevent foot burns.