"Lightning Injuries" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Accidental injuries caused by brief high-voltage electrical discharges during thunderstorms. Cardiopulmonary arrest, coma and other neurologic symptoms, myocardial necrosis, and dermal burns are common. Prompt treatment of the acute sequelae, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, is indicated for survival.
| Descriptor ID |
D015168
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C26.324.550
|
| Concept/Terms |
Lightning Stroke- Lightning Stroke
- Lightning Strokes
- Stroke, Lightning
- Strokes, Lightning
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Lightning Injuries".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Lightning Injuries".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Lightning Injuries" by people in this website by year, and whether "Lightning Injuries" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Lightning Injuries" by people in Profiles.
-
Armstrong B, Fecarotta C, Ho AC, Baskin DE. Evolution of severe lightning maculopathy visualized with spectral domain optical coherence tomography. Ophthalmic Surg Lasers Imaging. 2010 Nov-Dec; 41 Suppl:S70-3.
-
Lee MS, Gunton KB, Fischer DH, Brucker AJ. Ocular manifestations of remote lightning strike. Retina. 2002 Dec; 22(6):808-10.
-
Gordon MA, Silverstein H, Willcox TO, Rosenberg SI. Lightning injury of the tympanic membrane. Am J Otol. 1995 May; 16(3):373-6.