Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Patients with Electrical Burns Admitted to Emergency Department

AKOZ A., Ozogul B., Avsar U., ÇAKIR Z., Aslan S., Emet M., ...Daha Fazla

EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE, cilt.14, sa.1, ss.26-29, 2015 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 14 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5152/jaem.2015.70446
  • Dergi Adı: EURASIAN JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.26-29
  • Atatürk Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Aim: Electrical burns may develop because of the direct effect of electric current on the cell membrane and smooth muscle of blood vessels and because of the transformation into heat energy when passing through body tissues. Electrical burns account for 3%-5% of all cases of burns.