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Rev Mex Pediatr 2017; 84 (1)

Left ventricular dysfunction in pediatric patients with electrical burns

Martínez-Téllez DM, Martínez-Tovilla Y, García-Villaseñor A

Language: Spanish
References: 14
Page: 10-14
PDF size: 217.39 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Objective: To determine the frequency of left ventricular dysfunction (LVD ) in patients with electrical burn at the Pediatric Burn Unit (PBU) of the Health Services of the State of Puebla (HSSP) in the period from october 2013 to october 2014. Material and methods: A serie of eight patients from 6 to 16 years of age with electrical burns, in whom an echocardiogram was performed to identify the presence of LVD, according to the ejection fraction. Data were obtained from their clinical records, that were introduced in a database. Subsequently, Pearson's correlation analysis was performed with IBM SPSS. Results: From a sample of 8 patients, 37.5% had LVD. There was a negative correlation between the percentage of burned body surface and the presence of LVD : r = -0.93, p ‹ 0.01. Conclusions: In patients with electrical injuries affecting more than 20% of the body surface, an intensive cardiac monitoring should be initiated in order to detect LVD.


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