Death Comes Through Eye

Gupta, B. D.; Singh, O. Gambhir; Mehta, Rahul A.

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“…The incidence of electric shocks has become extremely common because of the widespread use of electric goods in recent years 4 . Generally, electric shocks are caused by defective cables and connections or misuse 4 .…”

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“…4 Generally, electric shocks are caused by defective cables and connections or misuse. 4 Despite regulations related to safety standards for the home use of electrical goods, smartphones constitute a risk of serious injury for users. [1][2][3] Apple currently sells a USB-C charging device and a wireless charging device, both of which have a lower risk of injury.…”

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“…Electric shock-related injuries in adults are generally due to workplace accidents, and in children, they are generally due to domestic accidents. [1][2][3][4][5] The sources of electric shocks are usually torn or broken electric cables, plugs, electric switches, electric heaters, or machines and devices at home or in the workplace. 4 Although not common, injuries and deaths of adults as a result of electric shock from smartphones have been recently reported in the literature.…”

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“…[1][2][3][4][5] The sources of electric shocks are usually torn or broken electric cables, plugs, electric switches, electric heaters, or machines and devices at home or in the workplace. 4 Although not common, injuries and deaths of adults as a result of electric shock from smartphones have been recently reported in the literature. 2 In smartphones, which have become indispensable devices in modern society, the shape of the charger differs between devices.…”

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“…Despite thorough testing and certification of products, inappropriate use can cause injuries. Electric shock–related injuries in adults are generally due to workplace accidents, and in children, they are generally due to domestic accidents 1–5 . The sources of electric shocks are usually torn or broken electric cables, plugs, electric switches, electric heaters, or machines and devices at home or in the workplace 4 .…”

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Infant Electrocution Due to Smartphone Charge Cable—A Hidden Public Health Risk

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Am J Forensic Med Pathol

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The report examines the autopsy and scene of accident findings of a 9-month-old male infant who died from electric shock when he bit a telephone charge cable plugged into a 3-socket extension lead.At the time of the incident, the infant's father was working outside and his mother had gone to the bathroom, leaving the infant alone in the sitting room. The infant crawled across the floor, reached a telephone charge cable that was plugged into a 3-socket extension lead, and bit the end of the cable. He was found lying motionless on the floor, holding the cable in his hand. He was sent to center for the medicolegal autopsy, during which burns and electric shock entry wounds were found on his mouth, tongue, and right hand. Histopathological examination of the samples taken from the wounds garnered findings consistent with electric shock and thermal effect.This article presents findings of an electric shock entry wound on the tongue, which is rarely seen as the result of a domestic accident. Education is needed to increase awareness among parents about accidents in the home involving children and to encourage preference for electrical products that have shown high success in safety tests.

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Anterior wrist and medial malleolus: the optimal sites for tissue selection in electric death through hand-to-foot circuit pathway

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Int J Legal Med

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Specific morphological changes may be absent in some cases of electrocution shocked by the voltage of 220 V or lower. In this study, we attempted to demonstrate that the anterior wrist and medial malleolus were the optimal sites with promising and significant changes in electric death through the hand-to-foot circuit pathway. We established an electric shock rat model and observed histopathologic changes in the anterior wrist and medial malleolus. The results showed that the current intensities in the left anterior wrist and right medial malleolus were remarkably higher than those in the other sites, and the nuclei long/short (L/S) axis ratios of the arterial endotheliocyte and the skeletal muscle cell in these two areas were significantly higher than those in other parts of the body. These findings suggested that the anterior wrist and/or medial malleolus soft tissues as the narrowest parts of the limbs could be used as promising and useful sites for the assessment of electrical shock death, especially in forensic pathologic evaluation.

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Anterior wrist and medial malleolus as the novel sites of tissue selection: a retrospective study on electric shock death through the hand-to-foot circuit pathway

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Int J Legal Med

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Our previous work demonstrated that characteristic changes could occur in the anterior wrist and medial malleolus in electric deaths through the hand-to-foot electric circuit pathway in an electric shock rat model. However, whether the same phenomenon occurs in humans is unknown. The aim of the present retrospective study was to ascertain whether the anterior wrist and medial malleolus could also be selected as the promising and significant sites in electric death through the hand-to-foot circuit pathway. Nineteen human cases from the autopsy and one clinical survivor who sustained a severe electric shock through the hand-to-foot circuit pathway were analyzed. Additional ten autopsy patients who died from traffic accidents and sudden cardiac attacks were used as the control group. Histopathological changes in the soft tissues of the anterior wrist and medial malleolus in all autopsy patients, as well as the electric current pathway of the survivor, were observed. The results showed that the nuclear polarizations in the anterior wrist and medial malleolus soft tissues of the electric death were extremely noticeable as compared with the controls. The most severe electrical injury in the survivor occurred in the anterior wrist. These findings suggest that the soft tissues of the anterior wrist and/or the medial malleolus as the narrowest parts of the limbs could be used as the complementary sites for tissue selection and considered as necessary locations for examinations to assess the electric death in medicolegal identification.

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Death Comes Through Eye

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Infant Electrocution Due to Smartphone Charge Cable—A Hidden Public Health Risk

Infant Electrocution Due to Smartphone Charge Cable—A Hidden Public Health Risk

Anterior wrist and medial malleolus: the optimal sites for tissue selection in electric death through hand-to-foot circuit pathway

Anterior wrist and medial malleolus as the novel sites of tissue selection: a retrospective study on electric shock death through the hand-to-foot circuit pathway

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