Resumen

PORRAS M, Guillermo  y  QUESADA G, Jose Alexis. Elevación transitoria del segmento st en paciente victima de trauma eléctrico en el Hospital San Rafael de Alajuela. Med. leg. Costa Rica [online]. 2016, vol.33, n.1, pp.309-313. ISSN 2215-5287.

Electrical injuries happen when a living organism takes part in an electrical circuit through the tissues of that organism.

Because of this, the result is trauma syndrome that involves termal damage an electrical disturbances into the body.

For a better understanding, is necessary to know about the physics of electricity.

We`ll rewiew a clinical case happened in Hospital San Rafael, in which was possible to see electrocardiograma anormalities in pacient exposed to low electrical trauma.

Palabras clave : Electric trauma; electrocardiogram; post traumatic electrical disturbances..

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