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  • Electrical and lightning injuries = Poškodbe z električnim tokom in strelo
    Ambrožič, Jana, kardiologinja ; Bunc, Matjaž
    Electrical and lightning injuries are among the most common environmental injuries. The heart is an organ that is very vulnerable to electricity. Although many electrical exposures are benign, severe ... electrical and lightninginjury may cause life-threatening cardiac complications such as ventricular fibrillation and asystole. Various cardiac arrhythmias and ECG abnormalities can be detected. Electrical and lightning injury may also present as a crush or thermal injury and cause serious tissue destruction. Themechanisms of electrical and lightning injury are described, along with their cardiac manifestations, and the need for cardiac monitoring, which is often a dilemma in emergency departments, is discussed. AU patients with high-voltage current exposure (more than 1000 V) should be admitted for cardiac and hemodynamic monitoring due to the increased risk of multisystem involvement and cardiac arrhythmias. Cardiac monitoring is warranted if there is a history of cardiac and respiratory arrest, loss of consciousness, when the ECG is abnormal, when the cardiac rhythm is abnormal, or if the patient has a history of cardiac disease or complains of any symptoms (chest pain, palpitations, dyspnea).
    Vir: Slovenska kardiologija : znanstveno strokovna revija za področje srčno-žilne medicine. - ISSN 1581-8543 (Letn. 3, št. 2, 2006, str. 120-125)
    Vrsta gradiva - članek, sestavni del
    Leto - 2006
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 21963993

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