Mortality and risk of cardiac complications among immediate survivors of accidental electric shock: a Danish nationwide cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Exposure to electric shock has been associated with an increased risk of developing delayed cardiac arrhythmias and cardiac diseases. We examined whether electric shock patients have an increased risk of developing cardiac disease, cardiac arrhythmias or death compared with the general Danish population.

Design

Matched cohort study.

Setting

A nationwide study in Denmark from 1994 to 2011.

Participants

We identified 11 462 Danish patients who visited an emergency ward or were admitted to a hospital due to electric shock from 1994 to 2011. Each patient was matched for age and sex with five random controls from the Danish population.

Main outcome measures

Mortality, cardiac procedures and cardiac diseases following electric shock.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Hansen SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5629654 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature