ST-segment elevation following lightning strike: case report and review of the literature elec. inj.

Patients

• One child (younger than 14 years), Turkey

Endpoint

• burns
• respiratory paralysis
• unconsciousness
• neurological consequences (short-term, pain, headache, brain injury)
• death
• cardiovascular effects: cardiac failure

Exposure

• lightning
• electric injuries/electrocution
• current entry and exit points: not specified