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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, Brittany Carver DO, Kelly Painter MD, Stacia 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, Rachele Solomon, Seong K. Lee, Rafael Sanchez, Eddy H. Carrillo, Dafney L. Davare, Chauniqua Kiffin, Andrew Rosenthal   +7 more
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Evolution of Lightning Maculopathy: Presentation of Two Clinical Cases and Brief Review of the Literature

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, Raghunandan Byanju, Sangita Pradhan, Suchan Poon, Rinkal Suwal   +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 Sciences
In 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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Bamboo‐Like Whiskers‐Reinforced Bioceramics Accelerate Large Segmental Bone Regeneration via Dual Modulation of Type‐H Vessels and Osteoinduction

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
The graphical abstract image of bamboo‐like whisker‐reinforced Ca‐P bioceramics accelerating large segmental bone regeneration. ABSTRACT Regenerative repair of segmental bone defect remains a major clinical challenge. The conventional mental implants suffer from mechanical strength mismatch and long‐term foreign bodies presence.
Cong Feng, Haibo Teng, Chuyao Xu, Jiaze He, Keting Liu, Xueying Li, Kai Zhang, Xiangdong Zhu, Xiangfeng Li, Jianguo Xu, Xingdong Zhang   +10 more
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Is the vagus nerve our neural connectome? [PDF]

, 2018
What are the implications of the vagus nerve being able to mediate the time-dependent plasticity of an array of sensorimotor ...
Alvarez-Dieppa, De Ridder, Edelman, Gad, Ganzer, Hays, He, Hulsey   +7 more
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Development and validation of a deep survival model to predict time to seizure from routine electroencephalography

Epilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective This study was undertaken to develop and validate a deep survival model (EEGSurvNet) that analyzes routine electroencephalography (EEG) to predict individual seizure risk over time, comparing its performance to traditional clinical predictors such as interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs).
Émile Lemoine, An Qi Xu, Mezen Jemel, Frédéric Lesage, Dang K. Nguyen, Elie Bou Assi   +5 more
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Lightning Injury to Eye: Brief Review of the Literature and Case Series

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2020
Eli Pradhan,1 Anadi Khatri,2 Akwasi Agyeman Ahmed,3 Ang Jangmu Lama,4 Roshija Khanal,5 Leena Bajracharya,6 Srijana Adhikari7 1Department of Medical Retina, Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, Tilganga, Kathmandu, Nepal; 2Department of Vitreo-Retina ...
Pradhan E, Khatri A, Ahmed AA, Lama AJ, Khanal R, Bajracharya L, Adhikari S   +6 more
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Forensic-medical examination by the Van Forensic Medicine Group Directorate to deaths as a result of lightning strike

Medicine Science, 2023
Lightning strikes may be a cause of death for farmers, sailors, and those engaged in outdoor sports. Death occurs due to damage to the cardiovascular and central nervous systems.
Ahmet Sedat Dundar, Abdullah Benna Sarin
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