Gandhi G, Parashar A, Sharma RK. Epidemiology of electrical burns and its impact on quality of life - the developing world scenario. World J Crit Care Med 2022; 11(1): 58-69 [PMID: 35433307 DOI: 10.5492/wjccm.v11.i1.58]
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Atul Parashar, MBBS, MCh, MS, Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector 12, Chandigarh 160012, India. atulparashar@hotmail.com
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Surgery
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Prospective Study
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World J Crit Care Med. Jan 9, 2022; 11(1): 58-69 Published online Jan 9, 2022. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v11.i1.58
Epidemiology of electrical burns and its impact on quality of life - the developing world scenario
Giriraj Gandhi, Atul Parashar, Ramesh K Sharma
Giriraj Gandhi, Ramesh K Sharma, Department of Plastic Surgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India
Atul Parashar, Department of Plastic Surgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012, India. atulparashar@hotmail.com
Author contributions: Gandhi G drafted the manuscript and collected the data, and was involved in statistical analysis of the data; Parashar A was involved in the design and oversight of the study and analysis of the data; Sharma R participated in design and oversight of the study; all authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Institutional Review Board [(Approval No. 14/3418]).
Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors have no conflicts of interest.
Data sharing statement: Technical appendix, statistical code, and dataset available from the corresponding author at [atulparashar@hotmail.com]. Participants gave informed consent for data sharing.
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This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Atul Parashar, MBBS, MCh, MS, Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Sector 12, Chandigarh 160012, India. atulparashar@hotmail.com
Received: March 23, 2021 Peer-review started: March 23, 2021 First decision: May 6, 2021 Revised: June 11, 2021 Accepted: December 23, 2021 Article in press: December 23, 2021 Published online: January 9, 2022 Processing time: 287 Days and 9 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Electrical burns remain a problem in the developing world. Most injuries are occupation-related. The quality of life in patients with high voltage burns and amputees remains poor. Work resumption was almost impossible for amputees. These patients could not regain pre-injury status. Steps should be taken to create awareness and implement an effective preventive strategy to safeguard against electrical injuries.
