Volume : IX, Issue : IV, April - 2020

STUDY OF ELECTRIC BURNS IN BUNDELKHAND REGION

Dr. Rakesh Faujdar, Dr. Vidya Sagar Kharwar, Dr. Sudhir Kumar

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Introduction: An electrical burn is a skin burn that happens when electricity comes in contact with your body. When electricity comes in contact with your body, it can travel through your body. When this happens, the electricity can damage tissues and organs. This damage can be mild or severe – and it can even cause death. Aim and Objectives: To analyze the effect of various factors on the extent and severity of electric injury. Material and methods: All the patients presenting themselves to O.P.D. and emergency of Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College, Jhansi between a period of June 2014 to December 2016 with complaints of electric burn injuries are considered in this study. This study includes all type of electric burn, Minimum number of 98 patients were selected for the study. Result: Our study it is observed that majority of cases were in age group between 21 to 30 years. Total male patients are 77 (78.57%) while female patients are only 21 (21.42%). Rural population 67 (68.36%) was most commonly involved then urban 31 (31.63%). Electric burns is more common in illiterate person 59 out of 98 (60.20%) than educated persons 39 (39.79%). Rural population specially farmers 30 out of 98 (30.61%) are mostly involved in electric current injury which is more of work related injury. Mostly people of low socioeconomic group 83 out of 98 (84.69%) involved in electric burn injury. Electric burn patients have 2 to 25 percent of total burn surface area (TBSA) 86 out of 98 (87.75%). Patients involved had house hold burn 91 (92.85%) and industrial burn 7 (7.14%). Limbs are involved commonly in electric burn injury. Upper limb is the most involved part 70 (71.42%) followed by lower limb 38 (38.77%) followed by chest 40 (40.81%). Right hand is most common contact point 44 (44.89%) followed by right lower limb. 10 patients have high voltage electric burns which is 10.20% of total , rest 88 patients out of 98 have low voltage electric burn which is 89.79% of total. Hindu population 86 (87.75%) was more involved than Muslim population which is 12 (12.25%). Married population is more involved in electric burn injury 55 (56.12%) than unmarried population 43 (43.87%). Joint family members are more involved in electric burn injury than nuclear family member 40 (40.81%). Conclusion: In our study we also concluded that the effect of current on internal organs including cardiac, renal and the electrolyte changes are more with the increased burn surface area and the increased depth of wound denoting that probability of involvement of internal organs can be depicted by the severity of external surface involved

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STUDY OF ELECTRIC BURNS IN BUNDELKHAND REGION, Dr. Rakesh Faujdar, Dr. Vidya Sagar Kharwar, Dr. Sudhir Kumar GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-9 | Issue-4 | April-2020

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