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Secuelas posquemaduras en un paciente doble conductor de la electricidad industrial / Post burn sequels in a patient who is double conductor of industrial electricity
Valdés Mesa, Sady; Acosta Vaillant, Rilder; Palacios Alfonso, Irene.
Affiliation
  • Valdés Mesa, Sady; Hospital Militar Central Dr Luis Díaz Soto. La Habana. Cuba
  • Acosta Vaillant, Rilder; Hospital Militar Central Dr Luis Díaz Soto. La Habana. Cuba
  • Palacios Alfonso, Irene; Hospital Militar Central Dr Luis Díaz Soto. La Habana. Cuba
Rev. cuba. med. mil ; 42(2)abr.-jun. 2013.
Article in Spanish | CUMED | ID: cum-67318
Responsible library: CU1.1
RESUMEN
Paciente del sexo masculino de 43 años de edad, con antecedentes de hipertensión arterial, que hace contacto con los cables de alta tensión (33 000 V); el sitio de entrada de la electricidad se produjo por dos regiones, lo cual causó lesiones del 30,80 por ciento de superficie corporal quemada y pronóstico de vida crítico; las zonas de salida fueron ambos calcáneos. Se decidió ingreso del paciente en Terapia Intensiva de Caumatología. Por la complejidad de las lesiones de las puertas de entrada, se amputó de urgencia la mano izquierda y a las 48 h el dedo pulgar de la mano derecha. Por la profundidad de las quemaduras, se requirió varias intervenciones amputaciones, necrectomías y autoinjertos de piel. La estadía hospitalaria fue de 125 días. Hubo daño irreversible de todos los nervios de la mano derecha, con impotencia funcional total. La inmediatez de la atención especializada por un equipo interdisciplinario salva la vida del paciente, con secuelas estéticas y funcionales. La electricidad produce lesiones severas que requieren de un manejo integral y cuando la puerta de entrada es múltiple, se incrementa la complejidad del caso(AU)
ABSTRACT
A 43 years old male patient with antecedents of high blood pressure that makes contact with high voltage cables (33 000 V) was taken to hospital. The input site of electricity was produced in two regions of the body, causing lesions of a 30,80 percent of burned body surface and a critical prognosis for his life; being the calcanei the output sites. It was decided to admit the patient to the Intensive Care Burn Unit. Due to the complexity of the lesions in the input sites, his left hand was amputated as an emergency treatment and 48 hours later, the thumb of his right hand was amputated, too. Because of the depth of burns, several interventions were required amputations, necrectomies, and skin autografts. He was in hospital for 125 days. He had irreversible damage of all the nerves of the right hand, with total functional impotence. The immediacy of the specialized attention given by a multidisciplinary staff can save a patient's life, leaving functional and aesthetic sequels. Electricity produces severe lesions that require a comprehensive management and, when the input site is multiple, the complexity of the case is higher(AU)
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Full text: Available Collection: National databases / Cuba Database: CUMED Main subject: Burns, Electric / Electric Injuries / Electromagnetic Pollution / Amputation, Traumatic Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Adult / Humans / Male Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. cuba. med. mil Year: 2013 Document type: Article Institution/Affiliation country: Hospital Militar Central Dr Luis Díaz Soto/Cuba
Full text: Available Collection: National databases / Cuba Database: CUMED Main subject: Burns, Electric / Electric Injuries / Electromagnetic Pollution / Amputation, Traumatic Type of study: Prognostic study Limits: Adult / Humans / Male Language: Spanish Journal: Rev. cuba. med. mil Year: 2013 Document type: Article Institution/Affiliation country: Hospital Militar Central Dr Luis Díaz Soto/Cuba
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