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The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care:
May 1999 - Volume 46 - Issue 5 - pp 937-940
Article: Presented At The 58Th Annual Meeting Of The American Association For The Surgery Of Trauma Meeting Jointly With The Trauma Association Of Canada, September 24-26, 1998, Baltimore, Maryland

Lightning: The Multisystem Group Injuries

Fahmy, Fahmy S. MBBCh, MS; Brinsden, Mark D. MB, BS; Smith, Janice SRN; Frame, James D. FRCS (Plast)

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Abstract

In this article, we present our experience of group lightning injury.Individual injuries are most common after single strikes. The largest group previously reported was 10 patients. In our series, 17 victims were hit by a single strike; 11 were admitted to the hospital and 6 were discharged from the accident and emergency department. Although injured under the same circumstances, these patients presented with a wide range of symptoms and signs. We also describe a characteristic burn pattern, the "tip-toe sign."

© 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

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