ABSTRACT
The use of electromedical equipment (EME) throughout the years has brought benefits in the aid of diagnosis and therapies as well as in surgical interventions. However, the equipment may fail and can cause health hazards, for example, the passing of a small but dangerous electric current through the patient (microshock). To prevent and minimize the risk of failure we propose the Protegemed2, an extension of the previous version called Protegemed, addressed in 2009. This system uses radio frequency identification to automatically identify EME and increases the performance of the system allowing a large-scale supervision of EMEs. Protegemed2 was built embedded into the gas and electric power panel of surgical rooms and uses an ARM 32-bit microcontroller.
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Electric Injuries/diagnosis , Intraoperative Complications/diagnosis , Radio Frequency Identification Device , Equipment Failure , Equipment Safety , Humans , Monitoring, Intraoperative/instrumentation , Monitoring, Intraoperative/methodsSubject(s)
Humans , Child, Preschool , Child , Emergency Operations Center , Fever , Fever/therapy , Meningitis, Bacterial , Meningitis, Bacterial/etiology , Meningitis, Bacterial/therapy , Urinary Tract Infections , Urinary Tract Infections/diagnosis , Urinary Tract Infections/therapy , HIV Seropositivity , HIV/pathogenicity , HIV/classification , Infant , Syncope , Syncope/etiology , Syncope/therapy , Seizures, Febrile/etiology , Seizures, Febrile/epidemiology , Seizures, Febrile/therapy , Spinocerebellar Ataxias , Spinocerebellar Ataxias/classification , Spinocerebellar Ataxias/etiology , Spinocerebellar Ataxias , Pneumonia , Pneumonia/epidemiology , Pneumonia/therapy , Status Asthmaticus , Status Asthmaticus/diagnosis , Status Asthmaticus/therapy , Hypertension , Hypertension/diagnosis , Hypertension/physiopathology , Hypertension/therapy , Diarrhea Viruses, Bovine Viral , Diarrhea, Infantile , Shock , Shock/diagnosis , Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation/methods , Poisoning , Poisoning/diagnosis , Poisoning/epidemiology , Poisoning/therapy , Capital Punishment , Electric Injuries , Electric Injuries/diagnosis , Electric Injuries/therapy , Burns/therapy , Abdominal Pain , Abdominal Pain/epidemiology , Abdominal Pain/therapy , Appendicitis , Appendicitis/diagnosis , Appendicitis/therapy , Intussusception , Peritonitis , Peritonitis/diagnosis , Peritonitis/epidemiology , Peritonitis/therapy , Esophagitis , Esophagitis/diagnosis , Esophagitis/therapy , Child Abuse/classification , Child Abuse/diagnosis , Child Abuse/therapy , Child Abuse, Sexual/diagnosis , Child Abuse, Sexual/therapySubject(s)
Humans , Child, Preschool , Child , Emergency Operations Center , Fever , Fever/therapy , Meningitis, Bacterial , Meningitis, Bacterial/etiology , Meningitis, Bacterial/therapy , Urinary Tract Infections , Urinary Tract Infections/diagnosis , Urinary Tract Infections/therapy , HIV Seropositivity , HIV/pathogenicity , HIV/classification , Infant , Syncope , Syncope/etiology , Syncope/therapy , Seizures, Febrile/etiology , Seizures, Febrile/epidemiology , Seizures, Febrile/therapy , Spinocerebellar Ataxias , Spinocerebellar Ataxias/classification , Spinocerebellar Ataxias/etiology , Spinocerebellar Ataxias , Pneumonia , Pneumonia/epidemiology , Pneumonia/therapy , Status Asthmaticus , Status Asthmaticus/diagnosis , Status Asthmaticus/therapy , Hypertension , Hypertension/diagnosis , Hypertension/physiopathology , Hypertension/therapy , Diarrhea Viruses, Bovine Viral , Diarrhea, Infantile , Shock , Shock/diagnosis , Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation/methods , Poisoning , Poisoning/diagnosis , Poisoning/epidemiology , Poisoning/therapy , Capital Punishment , Electric Injuries , Electric Injuries/diagnosis , Electric Injuries/therapy , Burns/therapy , Abdominal Pain , Abdominal Pain/epidemiology , Abdominal Pain/therapy , Appendicitis , Appendicitis/diagnosis , Appendicitis/therapy , Intussusception , Peritonitis , Peritonitis/diagnosis , Peritonitis/epidemiology , Peritonitis/therapy , Esophagitis , Esophagitis/diagnosis , Esophagitis/therapy , Child Abuse/classification , Child Abuse/diagnosis , Child Abuse/therapy , Child Abuse, Sexual/diagnosis , Child Abuse, Sexual/therapyABSTRACT
Major electrical injuries constitute approximately 5% of all admissions to Burn Units. Visceral complications are associated with a high mortality rate. The most common visceral lesions associated to electric burns are cardiac lesions. Pulmonary compromise is rare, if compared to inhalation injuries in termical burns. Although, when the entry or exit ports are the toracic wall, pleural effusion, hemotorax and pneumonitis may occur. A rare case of high-voltage electrical injury with massive pulmonary lesion is presented, regarding to clinical course and roentgenographic patterns.