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Lightning Related Deaths In Istanbul, Between 2007-2012

Journal of Contemporary Medicine, 2021
Objective: Lightning injuries can cause a variety of injuries including “integumentary system, cardiac system, central nervous system, eyes and ears, and blunt trauma”, in which some of them may cause death.
İpek Esen Melez, Erdem Hösükler, Bilgin Hösükler, Sermet Koç   +3 more
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Lightning Injury is a disaster in Bangladesh? - Exploring its magnitude and public health needs [version 1; referees: 3 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

F1000Research, 2016
Background: Lightning injury is a global public health issue. Low and middle-income countries in the tropical and subtropical regions of the world are most affected by lightning.
Animesh Biswas, Koustuv Dalal, Jahangir Hossain, Kamran Ul Baset, Fazlur Rahman, Saidur Rahman Mashreky   +5 more
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Injuries, Sequelae, and Treatment of Lightning-Induced Injuries: 10 Years of Experience at a Swiss Trauma Center

Emergency Medicine International, 2012
Principals. Lightning is one of the most powerful and spectacular natural phenomena. Lightning strikes to humans are uncommon but can cause devastating injuries.
Carmen A. Pfortmueller, Yang Yikun, Monika Haberkern, Erwin Wuest, Heinz Zimmermann, Aristomenis K. Exadaktylos   +5 more
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Acute care for stunned myocardium after lightning strike is life-saving: need for public awareness programs

Healthcare in Low-resource Settings, 2013
Lightning injury is a global public health problem. It still exists as a major environmental threat in developing nations where majority of population lives in rural areas. The different mechanisms of lightning injury can result in a spectrum of injuries
Ahmed Armin, Azim Afzal, Singh Upendra, Gurjar Mohan   +3 more
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Lightning [PDF]

, 2001
This Why Files article examines lightning. Lightning is the second deadliest storm-related hazard in the United States. Topics covered include: what lightning is, how it injures and kills, and what has been learned in the past few years from research on ...
David Tenenbaum
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Delayed esophageal perforation following lightning strike: a case report and review of the literature

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012
Introduction Lightning is the second most common storm-related cause of death. The mortality following lightning strike is 10% to 30% and a large proportion of these people suffer cardiopulmonary arrest at the time of the strike.
Figgis Patricia, Alvarez George
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Cardiac rhythm recorded by implanted loop recorder during lightning strike

Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2017
Lightning strikes cause severe injuries and fatalities. Injuries vary from self-limiting skin manifestations to cardiac arrest and death. Because the event is sudden and unpredictable, assessment of the direct effects of the lightning on the human heart ...
Ali Altalhi, Waleed Al-Manea, Naif Alqweai, Mohammed Alothman   +3 more
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Lightning monitoring and detection techniques: Progress and challenges in South Africa

South African Journal of Science, 2021
Globally, lightning causes significant injury, death, and damage to infrastructure annually. In comparison to the rest of the world, South Africa has one of the highest incidences of lightning-related injuries and deaths.
Maqsooda Mahomed, Alistair D. Clulow, Sheldon Strydom, Michael J. Savage, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi   +4 more
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Historical (1960–2014) lightning and LNO_x trends and their controlling factors in a chemistry–climate model [PDF]

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2023
Lightning can cause natural hazards that result in human and animal injuries and fatalities, infrastructure destruction, and wildfire ignition. Lightning-produced NOx (LNOx), a major NOx (NOx=NO+NO2) source, plays a vital role in atmospheric chemistry ...
Y. He, K. Sudo, K. Sudo
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The relationships between golf and health:A scoping review [PDF]

, 2016
OBJECTIVE: To assess the relationships between golf and health. DESIGN: Scoping review. DATA SOURCES: Published and unpublished reports of any age or language, identified by searching electronic databases, platforms, reference lists, websites and from ...
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