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Case Reports
. 2003 Jan;13(1):76-9.
doi: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00963.x.

Case report of a 13-year-old struck by lightning

S P Courtman  1 , P M Wilson, Q Mok
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Case report of a 13-year-old struck by lightning

S P Courtman et al. Paediatr Anaesth. 2003 Jan.

Abstract

Lightning strikes kill 1,000 people per year worldwide. Cardiac arrests resulting from lightning strikes have good survival rates but there is a significant degree of morbidity amongst the survivors. This is the case report of a 13-year-old boy who had a cardiac arrest following a direct lightning strike, and his subsequent management.

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