Akçan R, Hilal A, Gülmen M K, Cekin N
Department of Forensic Medicine, Cukurova University School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey.
Acta Paediatr. 2007 Mar;96(3):443-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00152.x.
This retrospective study was conducted to determine the general features of childhood deaths due to electrocution, and draw the attention of community to these preventable deaths.
The autopsy records of the Morgue of the Adana Branch of the Turkish Forensic Medicine Council were used. Thirty-seven cases of childhood (under 18) electrocution during the period 1999-2004 were analyzed.
Electrocution deaths comprised 0.8% of all the medico-legal autopsy cases (4515) during these 6 years. Thirty-one (83.8%) of the victims were male and only six (16.2%) were female. They were between 18 months and 18 years of age, and the mean age was 11.35, and all deaths were recorded as accidental.
Medical units, and paramedical and educational centres should play important roles in formulating public health strategies to tackle preventable deaths such as electrocution.
开展这项回顾性研究以确定儿童触电死亡的一般特征，并引起社区对这些可预防死亡事件的关注。
使用土耳其法医学委员会阿达纳分会停尸房的尸检记录。分析了1999年至2004年期间37例18岁以下儿童触电死亡案例。
在这6年中，触电死亡占所有法医尸检案例（4515例）的0.8%。受害者中31例（83.8%）为男性，仅6例（16.2%）为女性。他们年龄在18个月至18岁之间，平均年龄为11.35岁，所有死亡均被记录为意外事故。
医疗单位、辅助医疗和教育中心应在制定公共卫生策略以应对触电等可预防死亡事件方面发挥重要作用。
