| Epidemiology, morbidity, mortality and treatment of lightning injuries in a Turkish burns units. | |
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PMID: 11695067 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Deaths from lightning injuries are infrequent--0.2-0.8 per million per year. The victims are mostly young, active people who are struck during various outdoor activities in the summer months. From November 1975 to October 1998; 22 lightning burns were treated in Ankara Numune Teaching and Research Hospital. The mean age of the patients was 32.9 (12-65) years, the female/male ratio 9/13 and the mean duration of hospital stay 15.4 (1-62) days. The commonest clinical symptoms were confusion, amnesia (5 patients), neurological dysfunction (2 patients), cystitis (4 patients), and cardiac arrhythmias (1 patient). There were no deaths. Sixteen surgical procedures were carried out on 14 patients; this was significantly fewer than from any other cause of burns. The commonest long-term complication was chronic pain. Because complications are frequently seen in lightning injuries, our results revealed that patients should be hospitalised and treated as soon as possible after the accident with fluid resuscitation, cardiac resuscitation, tetanus prophylaxis and antibiotics where necessary. |
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Authors:
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A K Aslar; A Soran; Y Yildiz; Y Isik |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: International journal of clinical practice Volume: 55 ISSN: 1368-5031 ISO Abbreviation: Int. J. Clin. Pract. Publication Date: 2001 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2001-11-06 Completed Date: 2001-12-07 Revised Date: 2007-02-14 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9712381 Medline TA: Int J Clin Pract Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 502-4 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Surgery, Ankara Numune Teaching and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. |
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Adolescent Adult Aged Burn Units / statistics & numerical data Child Female Humans Lightning Injuries / epidemiology, mortality, therapy* Male Middle Aged Turkey / epidemiology |
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