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

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 76-79

  Courtman, Simon P ^a,b   Wilson, P M ^a   Mok, Q ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Intensive care; Lightning; Paediatrics

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; MYOGLOBIN;

ABDOMEN; ABRASION; ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; APNEA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; COLD; DIURESIS; ELECTRIC BURN; EMERGENCY WARD; FOOT; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIGHTNING; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METATARSAL BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESUSCITATION; SINUS RHYTHM; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LIGHTNING INJURIES; MALE;

EID: 0037241794     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.00963.x     Document Type: Article

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