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The pattern of lightning injuries in Telangana District
, 2015Lightning strikes killed many people throughout world, especially in tropical countries, yet their effects are capricious, unpredictable in rainy season, that they demand recognition of by a medico legal expert.
B. K. Guntheti, Z. Mohsin, U. P. Singh
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Keraunoparalysis, a ‘specific’ lightning injury
Burns, 1985Lightning paralysis or keraunoparalysis, a transient paralysis associated with extreme vasoconstriction and sensory disturbances of one or more extremities as a result of lightning impact is described in two patients.
ten Henk Jan Duis +2 more
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The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1999
In this article, we present our experience of group lightning injury. Individual injuries are most common after single strikes. The largest group previously reported was 10 patients. In our series, 17 victims were hit by a single strike; 11 were admitted to the hospital and 6 were discharged from the accident and emergency department.
Jan D. Smith +3 more
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In this article, we present our experience of group lightning injury. Individual injuries are most common after single strikes. The largest group previously reported was 10 patients. In our series, 17 victims were hit by a single strike; 11 were admitted to the hospital and 6 were discharged from the accident and emergency department.
Jan D. Smith +3 more
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Lightning Injuries in an In-door Setting: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
, 2013Lightning injuries are not an infrequent occurrence, but casuistic is mainly related to the outdoor environment. Lightning injuries are also becoming uncommon due to better safety measures in electrical power supplying; nevertheless we refer a very rare ...
Albert Kreci +2 more
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Lightning deaths and injuries in the Brazilian Amazon Region in the period of 2009-2019
2019 International Symposium on Lightning Protection (XV SIPDA), 2019This paper investigates humans accidents caused by lightning in the Legal Amazon region in Brazil. The main goal of this work is to develop statistical analyses of lightning deaths and Injuries, in order to measure an extension of the damage caused by ...
Eduardo R. Ferreira +5 more
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Lightning and Electrical Injuries
Neurologic Clinics, 1992Lightning and electrical injuries are similar in that both produce immediate tissue injury from burn and trauma induced by fall and both can arrest the heart and respiratory center. Immediate support of circulation and respiration is life-saving. Subsequently the nervous system may show signs of injury, and seizures, cerebral edema, and muscle and ...
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Similarities and differences between lightning and electrical injuries: a case report.
Journal of Trauma and InjuryExposure to electrical current, whether through accidental contact in residential or industrial settings or via lightning strikes, represents a serious global health concern.
Yi Liu +2 more
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Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, 1988
Although lightning-strike injury is uncommon, it is the cause of death in more people in the United States annu ally than any other natural disaster. Consequently, the emergency medicine specialist and intensivist should be familiar with the special problems of a lightning-strike victim.
Daniel Hiestand, Gene L. Colice
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Although lightning-strike injury is uncommon, it is the cause of death in more people in the United States annu ally than any other natural disaster. Consequently, the emergency medicine specialist and intensivist should be familiar with the special problems of a lightning-strike victim.
Daniel Hiestand, Gene L. Colice
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Understanding the correct assessment and management of lightning injuries
, 2013While relatively rare in the United Kingdom, lightning injuries are potentially fatal and certainly serious occurrences. They are also an area of pre-hospital care with which practitioners may be less familiar.
Tom Mallinson
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Telephone‐related lightning injury
Medical Journal of Australia, 1986The case of a man who was injured by a stroke of lightning while using the telephone is reported. The patient sustained paralysis, sensory symptoms, otological disturbance and pathognomonic dendriform cutaneous marks (Lichtenberg figures). The relevant literature is reviewed, and the epidemiology and preventive measures are discussed.
Bruce R. Johnstone +2 more
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