Mohammadi Ali Akbar, Amini Masoud, Mehrabani Davood, Kiani Zohreh, Seddigh Azam
Department of Surgery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, P.O. Box: 71345-1744, Shiraz, Iran.
Burns. 2008 Feb;34(1):111-3. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2006.12.007. Epub 2007 Jul 6.
Electrical burn is less common nowadays but still has complications and requires therapeutic interventions especially in developing countries. It occurs more in males and in industrial sites. The importance of electrical burn led us to study a 30 months history of electrical burn in Shiraz, Southern Iran. In a cross-sectional retrospective study, 1352 patients were surveyed for 30 months in relation to the cause, time, demographic information, therapeutic measures and prognosis of the electrical burn. Among burn patients, 4.73% were due to electrical burns (mean age, 30.5 years) and 95.3% were male. The mean hospitalization period was 11.5 days and the mean burn extent was 27.5%. Half of the victims were employees and 59.3% of the electrical burns occurred at their work site. 67.2% of burns were due to high voltage electrical current (more than 1000 V) and 4.6% of the patients died due to the direct cause of electrical burn. The high prevalence of electrical burn in males and workers emphasizes on the essence of standardization of occupational areas and use of trained workers to prevent electrical burns.
如今，电烧伤虽不常见，但仍会引发并发症，尤其在发展中国家，需要进行治疗干预。电烧伤在男性以及工业场所更为常见。电烧伤的重要性促使我们研究伊朗南部设拉子地区30个月内的电烧伤病史。在一项横断面回顾性研究中，我们对1352例患者进行了为期30个月的调查，内容涉及电烧伤的原因、时间、人口统计学信息、治疗措施及预后。在烧伤患者中，4.73%为电烧伤患者（平均年龄30.5岁），其中95.3%为男性。平均住院时间为11.5天，平均烧伤面积为27.5%。一半的受害者为雇员，59.3%的电烧伤发生在其工作场所。67.2%的烧伤由高压电流（超过1000伏）所致，4.6%的患者因电烧伤直接原因死亡。电烧伤在男性和工人中的高发病率凸显了规范职业区域以及使用经过培训的工人以预防电烧伤的重要性。
