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J Educ Teach Emerg Med, 2022 This scenario was developed to educate emergency medicine residents on the various presentations and management of a patient struck by lightning.Annually, there are approximately 1.4 billon lightning strikes around the world; of these, an estimated 24,000 strikes cause significant injury or death.1 In the United States, there are approximately 400 ...
Powell T, Charnigo A, Yee J.
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Lightning Strike-Induced Myocarditis. [PDF]
Cureus, 2022 Lightning strikes are frequently encountered and are a major cause of morbidity and mortality. It could impair several organs, but the effects of electric current on the cardiovascular system contribute to the primary cause of cardiorespiratory arrest.
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Isolated Sensorineural Hearing Loss as a Sequela after Lightning Strike [PDF]
Case Reports in Otolaryngology, 2015 In most of the surviving patients after a lightning strike, audiovestibular abnormalities have been reported. The most frequently reported type of abnormalities is a tympanic membrane perforation with hearing loss and external ear canal burn.
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Lightning-induced cataract with concomitant optic nerve damage [PDF]
BMC OphthalmologyLightning-induced ocular injuries are rare but potentially severe sequelae. This case report describes a 35-year-old male patient who suffered a lightning strike injury 20 years ago, resulting in traumatic cataract and optic nerve damage in his left eye.
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Study on lightning strike risk of ship based on lightning leader fractal model
Zhongguo Jianchuan Yanjiu, 2023 ObjectiveIn order to set or improve the lightning protection measures of ships, it is necessary to evaluate the strike risk of critical equipment and the protection effect of the lightning rod.MethodsIn this paper, a lightning leader fractal model is ...
Xudong ZHANG +6 more
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Analysis Duration of Potential Difference Neutralizer for Substation Grounding System
Jurnal Nasional Teknik Elektro, 2022 The grounding system design of the 150 kV substation have resolve affect in lightning strike area. The purpose of this study is to determine the duration of the potential difference penetration that occurs due to direct or indirect lightning strikes ...
Riza Arif Pratama +2 more
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Zhongguo Jianchuan Yanjiu, 2023 ObjectiveIn order to improve lightning protection measures for ships, it is vital to evaluate the lightning strike risk and lightning rod protection effect.
Mi ZHOU +6 more
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Lightning strike probability and current simulation for simple structures and floating roof tank
Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2022 Air terminations must be strategically positioned at high-risk points to prevent lightning bypass. The likelihood of a direct lightning strike to points on a building can be evaluated using the dynamic electro-geometrical model (DEGM), which considers ...
Aderibigbe Israel Adekitan, Michael Rock
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Atmosphere, 2023 The accurate determination of the annual lightning flash number to a wind turbine is essential for designing proper lightning protection measures. However, the method to assess the lightning risk of wind turbines recommended by the IEC is not associated ...
Xiaoyan Bian +7 more
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A LIGHTning Strike to the Metastatic Niche [PDF]
Cell Reports, 2020 Tumor-induced vascular alterations in distant organs have been linked to the spreading of cancer. In this issue of Cell Reports, He et al. (2019) show that targeting the cytokine LIGHT to the pulmonary vasculature prevents the establishment of lung metastasis in mice.
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