Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
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Multicenter Study
Cardiac monitoring of high-risk patients after an electrical injury: a prospective multicentre study.
To report our experience monitoring patients with previously identified theoretical risk factors of significant electrical injury. ⋯ Although only patients deemed at risk of late arrhythmias were monitored, none developed potentially lethal late arrhythmias. Asymptomatic patients with transthoracic current and/or tetany and a normal initial ECG do not require cardiac monitoring after an electrical injury with voltage <1000 V and no loss of consciousness.