Author(s)

Le Ngoc Hung^1,2*, Truong Duong Tien^1,2

¹Biochemistry Department, Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
²Cho Ray-Phnom Penh Hospital, Phnompenh, Cambodia.

This report was aimed to record the value of dynamic change of cardiac biomarkers in diagnosis of serious myocardial injury in electrical shock. One female patient was admitted to the emergency department, Cho Ray-Phnom Penh Hospital, Phnom Penh, Cambodia after electrical accident, in cardiopulmonary arrest status with no pulse, no breath. The cardiopulmonary resuscitation was done immediately as intra-tracheal ventilation, fluid replacement with NaCl 0.9%, urine alkalinization therapy with Natribicarbonate 4.2%, sympathomimetic agents as adrenaline and nor-adrenaline, and IV nutrition with glucose 30%. Cardiac biomarkers were repeated many times over 12 hours after admission. Troponin I increased 1000 times higher from 0.02 ng/mL on admission to 20.1 ng/mL within 12 hours. CK-MB increased from 55.4 to 227 U/L after 2 hours (normal value: <16 U/L). CPK (normal value: 90 - 140 U/L) changed quickly from 99 U/L on admission to a very high level as 9681 U/L after 12 hrs. The CK-MB/CPK index (defined as CK-MB × 100/CPK, unit as %) changed from 55.9% to 2.7%, respectively by time. In conclusion, the very quick dynamic change of cardiac biomarkers suggested the presence of serious myocardial injury among multiple organs injured in electric shock.

Serious Myocardial Injury, Electric Shock, Troponin I, Dynamic Change, Cardiac Biomarkers

Hung, L. and Tien, T. (2015) Myocardial Injury after Electric Accident: Dynamic Change of Cardiac Biomarkers Was the Important Key for Diagnosis of This Serious Complication. Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, 3, 78-81. doi: 10.4236/jbm.2015.37009.