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Burns, 2008
Lightning is an uncommon but potentially devastating cause of injury in patients presenting to burn centers. These injuries feature unusual symptoms, high mortality, and significant long-term morbidity. This paper will review the epidemiology, physics, clinical presentation, management principles, and prevention of lightning injuries.
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Lightning is an uncommon but potentially devastating cause of injury in patients presenting to burn centers. These injuries feature unusual symptoms, high mortality, and significant long-term morbidity. This paper will review the epidemiology, physics, clinical presentation, management principles, and prevention of lightning injuries.
Amber E, Ritenour +4 more
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Electrical Injuries and Lightning
Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 1992Prolonged cardiopulmonary resuscitation is key to the resuscitation of lightning strike victims. Multiple accounts exist of successful revival of victims thought to be "dead" or in patients who have what is often believed to be unresuscitatable cardiac dysrhythmia.
B J, Browne, W R, Gaasch
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Lightning and thermal injuries
2014Electrical burns are classified as either high voltage (1000 volts and higher) or low voltage (
Arthur, Sanford, Richard L, Gamelli
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Electrical and Lightning Injuries
Journal of Burn Care & Research, 2007The aim of this study was to explore the mechanisms, complications, morbidity, and mortality associated with electrical injuries. Of 5053 acute burn admissions during a 5-year period, 202 patients (4%) had electrical burn injuries. Their mean age was 27.5 years (range, 3-71 years).
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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 Duis, H. J. +2 more
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Electrical and Lightning Injuries
Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 1984The pathophysiology, types, and treatment of electrical and lightning injuries are discussed in detail. Cases of electrical injury almost always eventually involve litigation. Therefore, careful charting of history and physical findings may save the physician court time later.
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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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Postgraduate Medicine, 1989
Care of victims of lightning injury is a unique challenge rarely encountered in most clinical practices. Victims may present without signs or symptoms or, conversely, may present in cardiac arrest. Many have chronic, debilitating sequelae. Physicians caring for these patients either in the field or in the emergency department should be prepared to ...
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Care of victims of lightning injury is a unique challenge rarely encountered in most clinical practices. Victims may present without signs or symptoms or, conversely, may present in cardiac arrest. Many have chronic, debilitating sequelae. Physicians caring for these patients either in the field or in the emergency department should be prepared to ...
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Telephone‐related lightning injury
Medical Journal of Australia, 1992To review reported telephone-related lightning injuries, outline the mechanisms of injury and suggest treatment strategies.Cases notified to Telecom Australia and an extensive search of the literature.There is a dearth of literature on telephone-related lightning injury. Some reports note it in passing, others describe single incidents.
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American family physician, 1990
Lightning kills or injures thousands of people in the United States each year. Injuries are caused by the effects of electrical, thermal and mechanical energy, and a wide range of clinical results, involving multiple body systems, is possible. Important differences exist between lightning victims and patients injured by fire or by other forms of ...
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Lightning kills or injures thousands of people in the United States each year. Injuries are caused by the effects of electrical, thermal and mechanical energy, and a wide range of clinical results, involving multiple body systems, is possible. Important differences exist between lightning victims and patients injured by fire or by other forms of ...
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