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ArticleForensic science, medicine, and pathology2017

Electric fences and accidental death.

Michael Burke, Morris Odell, Heinrich Bouwer, Adam Murdoch

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Article in Forensic science, medicine, and pathology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Just another railway fatality.International journal of legal medicine · 2020
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  3. Status Epilepticus After Electrocution Injury in a Dog.Journal of veterinary emergency and critical care (San Antonio, Tex. : 2001)
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Michael BurkeVictorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, 65 Kavanagh Street, Southbank, Vic, 3006, Australia. michaelb@vifm.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5206-5784
Morris OdellVictorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, 65 Kavanagh Street, Southbank, Vic, 3006, Australia.
Heinrich BouwerVictorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, 65 Kavanagh Street, Southbank, Vic, 3006, Australia.
Adam MurdochEquipment Safety and Energy Efficiency, EnergySafe Victoria, Level 5, Building 2, 4 Riverside Quay, Southbank Vic, 3006, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deaths which occur in association with agricultural electric fences are very rare. In fact, electric fences have undoubtedly saved numerous human and animal lives by safely and reliably keeping livestock confined to their fields and enclosures and thus preventing motor vehicle incidents when livestock get onto roads and highways. Accidental and intentional human contact with electric fences occurs regularly and causes little more than transient discomfort, however, on exceptional occasions, contact with electric fences appears to be directly related to the death of the individual. The precise pathophysiological cause of these deaths is unclear. We present two cases of deaths associated with electric fences, discuss the possible pathophysiological mechanisms in these cases, and suggest a universal approach to the medico-legal investigation and documentation of these deaths.

Indexed as

Accidents, HomeAgedChildElectric InjuriesFemaleHumansMaleMultiple Organ FailureRural PopulationAccidental deathCause of deathElectric fenceElectrocutionForensic

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PMID28352989

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