28 April 2025 : Clinical Research
Impact of Voltage Level on Hospitalization and Mortality in Electrical Injury Cases: A Retrospective Analysis from a Turkish Emergency Department
Tamer Durdu
ABCDEFG 1*, Habibe Selmin Ozensoy ABCDEF 1, Nihal Erturk ABCF 1, Yasin Burak Yılmaz BCDF 1
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.947675
Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e947675
Table 2 Comparison of patients’ demographic data, electrical inlets and outlets, ECG and hospitalization with the electrıcal voltage.
| Electrical voltage | P values | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low voltage | High voltage | |||
| N (%) | N (%) | |||
| Age (years), median(min–max) | 23 (<1–92)a | 33 (2–61) | ||
| Stay in hospital (days), median (min–max) | <1 (<1–55)b | 2 (<1–202) | ||
| Electric inlet area | Upper extremity | 177 (74.7%) | 60 (25.3%) | 0.083 |
| Lower extremity | 3 (50.0%) | 3 (50.0%) | ||
| Body | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (100.0%) | ||
| No | 67 (93.0%) | 5 (6.9%) | ||
| Head | 4 (57.0%) | 3 (42.9%) | ||
| Electric outlet area | Upper extremity | 23 (69.7%) | 10 (30.3%) | |
| Lower extremity | 10 (35.7%) | 18 (64.3%) | ||
| Body | 3 (42.9%) | 4 (57.1%) | ||
| No | 215 (83.0%) | 44 (17.0%) | ||
| Hospitalization | Discharge | 196 (89.5%) | 23 (10.5%) | |
| Service | 27 (57.4%) | 20 (42.6%) | ||
| Intensive Care Unit (ICU) | 28 (45.9%) | 33 (54.1%) | ||
| Mortality | Mortal | 2 (40.0%) | 3 (60.0%) | 0.050 |
| Alive | 249 (77.3%) | 73 (22.7%) | ||
| Electrocardiogram (ecg) | Normal | 235 (79.9%) | 59 (20.1%) | |
| Anormal | 16 (48.5%) | 17 (51.5%) | ||
| a b | ||||