Lightning injury: management of a case with ten-day survival
H. Kravitz, M. J. Wasserman, J. Valaitis, R. E. Anzinger and S. H. Naidu
A boy, injured by lightning, had cardiopulmonary arrest. Following
resuscitation and during the course of hospitalization, he developed
further cardiac arrhythmia, cerebral edema, generalized seizures, and upper
gastrointestinal bleeding. Despite efforts to combat these complications,
the patient's condition deteriorated, and he died on the tenth day of
hospitalization. The pathologic findings are described and the treatment
discussed.
