CAUSE of DEATH by ELECTRIC SHOCK

Diabetes unmasked by electric shock.

Following an accidental electric shock, a boy with no previous symptoms developed hyperglycaemia, rapidly evolving into diabetes. He was aglycosuric for 24 hours after the shock. Islet cell antibodies were shown shortly after the accident. Although destined to develop diabetes, it seems likely that the electric shock unmasked impaired glucose tolerance. Glucose homoeostasis should be monitored ...

Electron Heating by the Cross-shock Electric Potential Electron Heating by the Cross-shock Electric Potential

Electrons can experience super-adiabatic heating at a collisionless shock due to the presence of a cross-shock electric potential. This heating can greatly exceed the temperature rise associated with the conservation of the magnetic moment of the electrons as they move into the stronger magnetic eld downstream of the shock. The criterion for the onset of super-adiabatic heating and the eeects o...

Electric shock during pregnancy.

QUESTION A 24-year-old patient of mine, who was 23 weeks pregnant at the time, suffered a minor electric shock while using her hair dryer. She said she felt the current in her right hand and she was wearing shoes. She was observed in an emergency room for several hours and then discharged home. Is her pregnancy or fetus at risk now or later in the pregnancy? ANSWER There are conflicting repor...

Electric shock in patients administered to hospital: a descriptive study

Transient quadriparesis after electric shock.

A case of acute transient flaccid quadriparesis after a low voltage electric shock is reported. The patient recovered completely with in three days.