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Put Your Lights On: Electrocution As a Cause of an Unexplained Fall and Loss of Consciousness

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...

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Autores principales: Grzesiek, Magdalena, Ellmann, Christina, Ditting, Tilmann
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SMC Media Srl 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6542489/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31157182
http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2019_001084
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description 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. LEARNING POINTS: Bruises and loss of consciousness of unclear origin should make one think of electric shock as a possible cause. Rhabdomyolysis and crush syndrome are rarely seen conditions in low-voltage current accidents. Thorough physical examination and careful history-taking are very important and can provide precious hints for our clinical work.
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spelling pubmed-65424892019-05-31 Put Your Lights On: Electrocution As a Cause of an Unexplained Fall and Loss of Consciousness Grzesiek, Magdalena Ellmann, Christina Ditting, Tilmann Eur J Case Rep Intern Med Articles 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. LEARNING POINTS: Bruises and loss of consciousness of unclear origin should make one think of electric shock as a possible cause. Rhabdomyolysis and crush syndrome are rarely seen conditions in low-voltage current accidents. Thorough physical examination and careful history-taking are very important and can provide precious hints for our clinical work. SMC Media Srl 2019-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC6542489/ /pubmed/31157182 http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2019_001084 Text en © EFIM 2019 This article is licensed under a Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
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