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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 +3 more
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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.
Basri Lenjani +6 more
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Historical (1960–2014) lightning and LNOx 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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Introduction of Lightning Warning System into Korean Airports
Hanggong uju uihakoeji, 2023 Meteorological factors have a profound impact on aircraft operation and safety. Weather-related incidents accounted for 8% of all accident reports, according to data from the U.S. Federal Transportation Safety Commission’s 2009–2018 U.S.
Bo-Hun Kwon, Young-Jong Lee
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The Dangerous Life of a Storm Chaser: A Lightning Strike Injury Causing Serious Injury
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2020 Lightning strikes to people are rare events that cause significant injuries and mortality when they do occur. We describe an uncommon case of a storm chaser in Oklahoma who was struck by lightning who suffered cutaneous burns, bilateral tympanic membrane
Jeffrey Shipman DO +3 more
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Lightning Burns and Electrical Trauma in a Couple Simultaneously Struck by Lightning
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine, 2017 More people are struck and killed by lightning each year in Florida than any other state in the United States. This report discusses a couple that was simultaneously struck by lightning while walking arm-in-arm.
Stephanie A. Eyerly-Webb +7 more
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Case Reports in Ophthalmological Medicine, 2021 Lightning is a naturally occurring atmospheric phenomenon. Though uncommon, it is a potentially devastating and underreported natural calamity. Lightning accounts for the second leading cause of weather-related death in most parts of the world. Among the
Simanta Khadka +4 more
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Lightning discharges and discharges from overhead power lines with human burn injuries as consequences [PDF]
Serbian Journal of Electrical Engineering, 2013 Discharges from overhead power lines and lightning discharges may severely endanger human life and health. If non-lethal, burn injuries may also last for a lifetime, so as Lichtenberg figures caused by lightning discharges.
Javor Sanja, Parodi Aurora, Javor Vesna
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Unusual Lightning Strike Causing Death: A Case report
Zanco Journal of Medical SciencesIn daily autopsies, lightning-related deaths are an uncommon occurrence. Lightning-related deaths are more common in mountainous, wet regions, although they are uncommon in and around Erbil city.
Yasin Kareem Amin
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.An implantable phototriggered prodrug depot patch (iPDP) is presented that enables actively programmable drug release post‐implantation. Covalently conjugated prodrug ensures minimal leakage; illumination parameters serve as a code to precisely control dose per release.
Haipeng Lu +10 more
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