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Abstract
Accidental injuries caused by brief high-voltage electrical discharges during thunderstorms. Cardiopulmonary arrest, coma and other neurologic symptoms, myocardial necrosis, and dermal burns are common. Prompt treatment of the acute sequelae, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, is indicated for survival.
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- Injuries, Lightning
- Injury, Lightning
- Lightning Injury
- Lightning Stroke
- Lightning Strokes
- Stroke, Lightning
- Strokes, Lightning
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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91(89); was see under ELECTRIC INJURIES 1989-90
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- Burns, Electric (1966-1988)
- Electric Injuries (1966-1988)
- Lightning (1966-1988)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Lightning Injuries. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015168. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015168
- Lightning Injuries. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_injury
- Lightning Injuries. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6393683