[Neurological diseases after lightning strike : Lightning strikes twice]

Nervenarzt. 2016 Jun;87(6):623-8. doi: 10.1007/s00115-015-0062-0.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Lightning strikes rarely occur but 85 % of patients have lightning-related neurological complications. This report provides an overview about different modes of energy transfer and neurological conditions related to lightning strikes. Moreover, two case reports demonstrate the importance of interdisciplinary treatment and the spectrum of neurological complications after lightning strikes.

Keywords: Cherington categories; Energy transfer; Interdisciplinary health team; Lightning injuries; Lightning stroke.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Brain / physiopathology
  • Brain Damage, Chronic / diagnosis
  • Brain Damage, Chronic / etiology
  • Brain Damage, Chronic / physiopathology
  • Brain Damage, Chronic / therapy
  • Brain Edema / complications
  • Brain Edema / diagnosis
  • Brain Edema / physiopathology
  • Brain Edema / therapy
  • Critical Care / methods
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome / etiology
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome / physiopathology
  • Guillain-Barre Syndrome / therapy
  • Humans
  • Interdisciplinary Communication
  • Intersectoral Collaboration
  • Lightning Injuries / complications*
  • Lightning Injuries / diagnosis*
  • Lightning Injuries / physiopathology
  • Lightning Injuries / therapy
  • Male
  • Multiple Trauma / diagnosis
  • Multiple Trauma / therapy
  • Nervous System Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Nervous System Diseases / etiology*
  • Nervous System Diseases / physiopathology
  • Nervous System Diseases / therapy
  • Prognosis
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Young Adult