Evaluation of the Clinical Pattern of Limb Amputations in Patients with Electrical Burns During the Pandemic COVID-19
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Limb amputation.Electrical Burn, COVID-19Abstract
Burns caused by electricity, are devastating injuries, can cause loss of life, The epidemiological pattern of this type of injury increased during the covid-19 pandemic. The objective of this study was to evaluate the clinical pattern of limb amputation in patients with electrical burns treated at CENIAQ from March 2020 to February 2023 This is a prospective study of routine medical practice with convenience sampling, for 36 months. One of the epidemiological and social phenomena during the COVID-19 pandemic was the incorporation of personnel without adequate preparation for high-risk tasks, conditioning devastating injuries that required amputation of one or more limbs
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