Handa Ajay, Tendolkar Manjit Sharad, Singh Sarvinder, Gupta Prakash N
Pulmonary Medicine, Indian Naval Hospital Ship Asvini, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Pulmonary Medicine, Military Hospital, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India.
BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Aug 26;12(8):e230590. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-230590.
Electrical injuries are a common occurrence and can be minor or even fatal depending on the voltage to which an individual has been exposed to. Electrical current causes tissue damage by producing heat due to local tissue resistance. Serious electrocution may manifest with cutaneous burns, visceral injuries, organ perforation, and cardiac and respiratory effects. Pneumothorax as a complication of electrical injury is a very rare entity. We report one such case of electrical burn injury with right-sided pneumothorax as an immediate complication.
电击伤很常见,其严重程度取决于个体所接触的电压,可能轻微,甚至致命。电流通过局部组织电阻产生热量,从而导致组织损伤。严重触电可能表现为皮肤烧伤、内脏损伤、器官穿孔以及心脏和呼吸方面的影响。气胸作为电击伤的并发症非常罕见。我们报告了一例这样的电击伤病例,右侧气胸是其即刻出现的并发症。