Lightning injuries of the posterior segment of the eye [PDF]
Taiwan J Ophthalmol, 2021 Lightning causes serious injuries and deaths worldwide every year. Ophthalmic injuries due to lightning are due to direct or indirect transmission of electric current, resistance-induced heat, and heat-induced shock wave.
Ekta Rishi, VP Indu, Unnati Sharma
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Predictors of mortality following electrical and lightning injuries in Malawi: A decade of experience. [PDF]
Burns, 2023 Selena J. An +5 more
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[Clinical characteristics and analysis of risk factors for heart injuries in 55 patients with lightning injury on plateau in Tibet Autonomous Region]. [PDF]
Zhonghua Shao Shang Yu Chuang Mian Xiu Fu Za Zhi, 2023 Objective: To explore the clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of patients with lightning injury on plateau in Tibet Autonomous Region, and to analyze the risk factors for heart injuries in these patients.
S. S. Yang +4 more
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Lightning fatalities and injuries in Malaysia from 2008 to 2015 [PDF]
International Conference on Logic Programming, 2016 This study examined the risk of lightning-related deaths and injuries in Malaysia between January of 2008 to July 2015. The majority of lightning-related injuries and fatalities occurred during the months of April and May.
Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin +4 more
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Lightning injuries in a lightning city: a district hospital experience in Singapore [PDF]
Crit Care, 2012 Tropical Singapore's meterological profile makes it one of the world's lightning capitals. This study aims to assess the profile of the at-risk patient, and possibly identify factors predicting the length of hospital stay in patients with lightning ...
Y. Mok, P. Tan, R. Jagadesan
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Lightning injuries in Northern Ireland [PDF]
Ulster Med J, 2018 Introduction: Lightning injuries are uncommon with scarce reports detailing incidence and local experience. We present a case study of three patients involved in a single lightning strike in Northern Ireland with a review of the incidence of similar ...
Baker, Jill +4 more
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A bolt from the blue: Lightning injuries. [PDF]
Med J Armed Forces India, 2015 Lt Col I. V. Nagesh +4 more
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A Systematic Review of Evidence Behind the CDC Guidelines for Indoor Lightning Safety [PDF]
, 2023 : Objective: To assess the evidence underlying the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indoor safety guidance for lightning storms. Design: Systematic Review of peer-reviewed literature.
Brown, Elissa +2 more
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Carrying the Moral Burden of Safe Fieldwork
The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Volume 104, Issue 1, January 2023., 2023 Abstract Fieldwork in ecology and the environmental sciences often leads to negative physical and emotional outcomes for workers. I argue that this is largely due to an abdication of responsibility on the part of their supervisors, and that supervisors are charged with carrying three interlinked moral burdens: first, the duty of promoting safety ...
Benjamin Wong Blonder
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Emergency Access and Impact of Injuries Caused by Electrocution and Lightning
Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery, 2023 Electrical injury is a physiological reaction caused by electric current passing through the body. Electric injuries can be caused by the impact and exposure to electric current or lightning either at home or at work.
B. Lenjani +6 more
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