A bolt from the blue: lightning strike to the head elec. inj.

Patients

• One adult, 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

Comments on this article

• Sweeney PJ (1998): Comment on: A bolt from the blue: lightning strike to the head
• Cherington M et al. (1998): Reply from the Authors. A bolt from the blue: Lightning strike to the head