Autopsy findings and scene of incident examination in deaths resulting from electrical injury

References

• Saukko P, Knight B. Electrical fatalities. In: Saukko P, Knight B, editors. Knight’s forensic pathology. 3rd ed. London (England): Arnold;2003. p. 326–338.
   Google Scholar
• Sheikhazadi A, Kiani M, Ghadyani MH, Kiani M, Ghadyani MH. Electrocution-related mortality-a survey of 295 deaths in Tehran, Iran between 2002 and 2006. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2010;31(1):42–45. doi:10.1097/paf.0b013e3181c213f6.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shih JG, Shahrokhi S, Jeschke MG. Review of adult electrical burn injury outcomes worldwide: an analysis of low-voltage vs high-voltage electrical injury. J Burn Care Res. 2017;38(1):e293–e298. doi:10.1097/BCR.0000000000000373.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Saleem N, Akhtar J, Ahmed S, Aziz A. Aetiology and outcome of paediatric burns. J Surg Pakistan. 6;2001:26–28.
   Google Scholar
• Aghakhani K, Heidari M, Tabatabaee SM, Abdolkarimi L. Effect of current pathway on mortality and morbidity in electrical burn patients. Burns. 2015;41(1):172–176. doi:10.1016/j.burns.2014.06.008. Epub 2014 Jul 8
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Maghsoudi H, Adyani Y, Ahmadian N. Electrical and lightning injuries. J Burn Care Res. 2007;28(2):255–261. doi:10.1097/BCR.0B013E318031A11C.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Singerman J, Gomez M, Fish JS. Long-term sequelae of low voltage electrical injury. J Burn Care Res. 2008;29(5):773–777. doi:10.1097/BCR.0b013e318184815d.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tuğcu H, Kaya A, MÖ U, Tuğcu İ, Celasun B. Death due to high-voltage electrical injury: two case reports. Gülhane Medical Journal. 46;2004:335–339.
   Google Scholar
• Ozdel S, Cakıcı EK, Sayli TR. Pediatric electrical injury in Turkey: five year retrospective hospital-based study. Pediatr Int. 2019;61(11):1155–1158. doi:10.1111/ped.14008.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Price TG, Cooper MA. Electrical and lightning injuries. In: Marx JA, Hockberger RS, Walls RM, Adams J, editors. Rosen’s emergency medicine: concepts and clinical practice. 7th ed. China:Mosby;2010. p. 1893–1902
   Google Scholar
• Dirlik M, Gün B, Kallem FÇ. Evaluation of death cases connected to electric current in Aydın Province, Western Turkey. Workplace Health Saf. 2015;63(12):546–550. doi:10.1177/2165079915608403. Epub 2015 Oct 20
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Duff K, McCaffrey RJ. Electrical injury and lightning injury: a review of their mechanisms and neuropsychological, psychiatric and neurological sequelae. Neuropsychol Rev. 2001;11(2):101–116. doi:10.1023/A:1016623318049
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Behera C, Sikary AK, Rautji R, Gupta SK. Electrocution deaths reported in South Delhi, India: a retrospective analysis of 16 years of data from 2002 to 2017. Med Sci Law. 2019;59(4):240–246. doi:10.1177/0025802419860288. Epub 2019 Jun 29
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Turkmen N, Eren B, Fedakar R, Durak D. Deaths from electrical current injuries in Bursa, city of Turkey. Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2008;14(1):65–69.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Özkan S, Kılıç Ş, Durukan P, Akdur O, Varda A, Geyik S, Ikizceli, I. Occupational injuries admitted to the emergency department. Turkish Journal of Trauma & Emergency Surgery. 2010;16(3):241–247.
   Google Scholar
• Holizki T, McDonald R, Foster V, Guzmicky M. Causes of work-related injuries among young workers in British Columbia. Am J Ind Med. 2008;51(5):357–363. doi:10.1002/ajim.20555.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Shawon RA, Ferdoush J, Ali AH, Biswas A, Rahman AKMF, Mashreky SR. Alarming rise in fatal electrocutions in Bangladesh: comparison of two national surveys. Burns. 2019;45(6):1471–1476. doi:10.1016/j.burns.2019.03.019. Epub 2019 Jun 5
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tirasci Y, Goren S, Subasi M, Gurkan, F. Electrocution-related mortality: a review of 123 deaths in Diyarbakir, Turkey between 1996 and 2002. Tohoku J Exp Med. 2006; 208(2): 141–145.doi:10.1620/tjem.208.141.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Xu G, Su R, Lv J, Lai X, Li X, Wu J, Hu B, Xu L, Shen R, Gu J et al. Anterior wrist and medial malleolus: the optimal sites for tissue selection in electric death through hand-to-foot circuit pathway. Int J Legal Med. 2017;131(2):433–439. doi:10.1007/s00414-016-1474-5. Epub 2016 Oct 17
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gille J, Schmidt T, Dragu A, Emich D, Carius PH, Kremer T, Raff T, Reichelt B, Siafliakis A, Siemers F et al. Electrical injury–a dual center analysis of patient characteristics, therapeutic specifics and outcome predictors. Scand J Trauma Resusc Emerg Med. 2018; 26(1): 43–52.doi:10.1186/s13049-018-0513-2.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dechent D, Emonds T, Stunder D, Schmiedchen K, Kraus T, Driessen S, Driessen S. Direct current electrical injuries: a systematic review of case reports and case series. Burns. 2020 Mar;46(2):267–278. doi:10.1016/j.burns.2018.11.020. Epub 2019 Jun 14
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Akçan R, Karacaoğlu E, Keten A, Odabaşı AB, Kanburoğlu Ç, Tümer AR, Alkurt-Alkan, H. Electrical fatalities in Ankara over 11 years. Turk J Med Sci. 2012;42:533–538.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gentile G, Andreola S, Bailo P, Boracchi M, Fociani P, Piccinini A, Zoja R, Pilot A. Study on the diagnosis of fatal electrocution by the detection of myocardial microhemorrhages. J Forensic Sci. 2020;65(3):840–845. doi:10.1111/1556-4029.14255. Epub 2019 Dec 10
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Anders S, Matschke J, Tsokos M. Internal current mark in a case of suicide by electrocution. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2001;22(4):370–373. doi:10.1097/00000433-200112000-00007.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Koumbourlis CA. Electrical injuries. Crit Care Med. 2002;30(11):424–430. doi:10.1097/00003246-200211001-00007.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar