Complications
A complication of both burns and trauma.
Culture of all wounds or body fluids should be performed as indicated or suspected by symptoms before beginning treatment if possible. Empiric antibiotic therapy (based on most probable pathogens) should be given. This should be changed to an appropriate narrow-spectrum antibiotic regimen once a causative pathogen is identified.
If severe, sepsis can progress to multiorgan failure and shock, with significant mortality.
A complication of both burns and trauma.
Prompt decompression by fasciotomy is mandatory to prevent muscle ischemia and rhabdomyolysis.
Sinoatrial and atrioventricular nodes are vulnerable to electrical current injury.[2]
Depression, anxiety, PTSD, and somatoform disorders have been reported.[51]
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