Grzesiek, Magdalena and Ellmann, Christina and Ditting, Tilmann (2019) Put Your Lights On: Electrocution As a Cause of an Unexplained Fall and Loss of Consciousness. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 6 (5). ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
Electrical accidents are not reported very frequently, and may occur undetected as the signs are often manifold and not very specific. We report the case of a 43-year-old woman admitted to hospital due to a fall of unclear cause, with loss of consciousness, partial amnesia, paresis of both legs and crush syndrome. Only by thorough and repeated history-taking, and a careful physical examination that revealed burns typical of electrical current injuries, was the case resolved. With this case presentation, we would like to make the reader aware of electrocution as a possible cause of bruises and unconsciousness of unclear origin.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Electric shock, crush syndrome, bruises and unconsciousness of unclear origin |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Sr. Francesco Bonaccorsi |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jan 2020 09:24 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2020 09:24 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/19413 |
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