Lightning strikes: Nature of neurological damage in patients evaluated in hospital emergency departments elec. inj.

Patients

• 6 adults, United States

Endpoint

• burns
• muscle paralysis
• unconsciousness
• neurological consequences (short-term, pain, headache, brain injury)
• long-term consequences (> 1 year): neurological sequels
• cardiovascular effects: cardiac failure

Exposure

• lightning
• current entry and exit points: stated incompletely